Deep-sea crabs may look like armored oddities, but many species wield deadly claws, venom-laced defenses, and survival ...

The red deep-sea crab is supposed to look more like this. LUMCON The number of crabs and shrimp near the well site were almost 8 times higher than other sites explored in 2017, when the survey was ...

What good is color vision in the dark of the deep sea? For some crabs, an ability to see blue and ultraviolet light may mean the difference between chowing down on a good meal versus a toxic one ...

Ayesha Rascoe asks Seattle Times reporter Hal Bernton about the drop in the population of Bering Sea snow crabs, and why scientists think climate change may be an important driver.

Holy crab! The internet is having a collective freakout over a bizarre deep-sea crab that sports human-esque teeth as if outfitted with dentures.

In 2018, there were an estimated 12.2 billion snow crabs in the Baring Sea. In 2019, that number dropped to just shy of 5 billion snow crabs, but it wasn't enough to raise red flags at the time.

For Bering Sea snow crab, which in 2021 dwindled to the lowest abundance of adults observed in the 50-year record, the crash took multiple steps.

Bering Sea snow crab, with two specimens seen in this undated photo, support an iconic Alaska seafood harvest, but a crash in population since 2018 triggered the first ever closure of the fishery ...

The snow crab population in the Bering Sea off the western coast of Alaska has fluctuated for decades. An increase in young crabs back in 2018 led to optimism that fishing would rebound.

As for feeding on the hatchlings, ghost crabs use their large claw to restrain the small turtles, while the small claw cuts through the soft skin around the neck. This partially or fully severs the ...

The red deep-sea crab is supposed to look more like this. LUMCON The number of crabs and shrimp near the well site were almost 8 times higher than other sites explored in 2017, when the survey was ...

In 2018, there were an estimated 12.2 billion snow crabs in the Baring Sea. In 2019, that number dropped to just shy of 5 billion snow crabs, but it wasn't enough to raise red flags at the time.