The sargassum swimming crab is a remarkable pelagic crustacean that thrives among the drifting mats of seaweed in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Though primarily associated with ...

When you think about crabs, you probably picture an angry little creature shuffling sideways while pinching its claws in the air. However, these sideways walks are not the only form of movement of ...

On occasions I am asked to identify my favorite animal. This question usually comes up when I am talking to a group of elementary students and they get into what I term the superlative questions: What ...

To restore the declining blue swimming crab fishery in Thailand and provide a model for successful fisheries management, WWF-Thailand has partnered with the National Fisheries Institute on a BSC ...

The dangers of inadequate fisheries management could result over-exploitation, with an impact of other species, where this fishery may have some interactions. Swimming crab in Vietnam accounts for US$ ...

Fourteen years ago, Javier Luque was a geology student wrapping up a day of field work in his native Colombia when he swung his hammer at a section of rock and opened a window into the past. The layer ...

You're not hallucinating due to the altitude. The average wholesale prices for blue swimming crab (BSC) have been inching down in the US recently after climbing into the upper stratosphere over more ...

Sargassum swimming crabs live in floating seaweed in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico (renamed by the U.S. government as Gulf of America). They are camouflaged and small but aggressive ...