World May 05 Photos: When crabs cover Cuba, what to do in a pinch A swell of yellow, black and red crabs recently skittered from nearby forests to the turquoise waters of Cuba’s Bay of Pigs. By Larisa Epatko
Science Dec 26 Why do baby crabs hitch rides on sea pigs? Whether nanny, port, or protective building, sea cucumbers -- so-called sea pigs -- seem to be playing an important role in the survival of juvenile king crabs. By Yasemin Saplakoglu, Scientific American
Science Nov 29 Coconut crabs pack the world's strongest grip It’s official--the coconut crab has the strongest grip of any animal. Researchers in Japan found that a coconut crab’s pinching power corresponds with its size -- and that force was tremendous. By Kristin Hugo
Science Nov 02 Watch 8:09 These robots are helping answer a huge unknown about young marine life Many mysteries remain about life under the sea, like what happens to marine creatures between life stages of larvae and adulthood. These tiny creatures are extremely hard to track in the open ocean, so one marine ecologist is using robots… By PBS News Hour
Aug 15 Coastal 'Dead Zones' Continue to Spread, Study Finds By PBS News Hour Huge swaths of the world's oceans are too starved of oxygen to support shrimp, crabs, fish and other marine life, and these so-called dead zones are growing virtually unchecked, according to a new study. Continue reading