Read on to get better acquainted with the Japanese spider crab, plus discover eight more of the largest crabs out there. The Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) is no ordinary crab ...

Thankfully, one of them had a large shell to spare for the rescue hermit crab. “[A] neighbor had this [shell]. We’re going to see if it fits him. I’m not sure if it’ll be too big,” she ...

The latest assessment of the crab stocks in Canada's second -largest snow crab fishing area, the southern Gulf of St.

They’re also one of the world’s largest arthropods, animals with no backbone, external skeletons, and multiple-jointed appendages. In this crab’s case, those appendages are its 10 legs.

What is a hermit crab? There are over 800 species of hermit crabs worldwide, and almost all are ocean dwellers—though people are likely most familiar with the dozen semi-terrestrial species ...

King crabs are probably one of the largest crab species in the globe: individual members can weigh even as much as 20 pounds. Their shell measures up to 11 inches in width, thereby making quite a ...

“Fishing so far — the reports from the grounds — there seems to be good numbers of nice, new shell, large snow crab on the far northern portions of the grounds.” Nichols said right now the ...