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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...