Crustaceans
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![A close up picture of a snow crab in a transparent tank.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fnUvxPDZLqi2kmH696KG5-320-80.jpg 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fnUvxPDZLqi2kmH696KG5-450-80.jpg 450w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fnUvxPDZLqi2kmH696KG5-500-80.jpg 500w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fnUvxPDZLqi2kmH696KG5-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fnUvxPDZLqi2kmH696KG5-840-80.jpg 840w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fnUvxPDZLqi2kmH696KG5-970-80.jpg 970w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fnUvxPDZLqi2kmH696KG5-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fnUvxPDZLqi2kmH696KG5-1200-80.jpg 1200w)
More than 10 billion snow crabs starved to death off the coast of Alaska. But why?
By Sascha Pare published
A large population of snow crabs in the eastern Bering Sea collapsed after a marine heat wave in 2018 and 2019 that multiplied the crabs' caloric needs and drove them to starvation.
![A tri-spine horseshoe crab crawls across the seabed accompanied by a trio of golden trevallies.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4CJFBASeChp6Ag7SkpaQXi-320-80.jpg 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4CJFBASeChp6Ag7SkpaQXi-450-80.jpg 450w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4CJFBASeChp6Ag7SkpaQXi-500-80.jpg 500w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4CJFBASeChp6Ag7SkpaQXi-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4CJFBASeChp6Ag7SkpaQXi-840-80.jpg 840w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4CJFBASeChp6Ag7SkpaQXi-970-80.jpg 970w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4CJFBASeChp6Ag7SkpaQXi-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4CJFBASeChp6Ag7SkpaQXi-1200-80.jpg 1200w)
'Hauntingly beautiful' image of a golden horseshoe crab wins wildlife photography competition
By Sascha Pare published
French photographer Laurent Ballesta has received this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year award for his image of a tri-spine horseshoe crab off Pangatalan Island in the Philippines.
![a hoff crab specimen on a black background](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sSZbfoi8SHU6LoHKsGyuYa-320-80.jpg 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sSZbfoi8SHU6LoHKsGyuYa-450-80.jpg 450w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sSZbfoi8SHU6LoHKsGyuYa-500-80.jpg 500w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sSZbfoi8SHU6LoHKsGyuYa-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sSZbfoi8SHU6LoHKsGyuYa-840-80.jpg 840w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sSZbfoi8SHU6LoHKsGyuYa-970-80.jpg 970w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sSZbfoi8SHU6LoHKsGyuYa-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sSZbfoi8SHU6LoHKsGyuYa-1200-80.jpg 1200w)
Hoff crab: The hairy-chested crustacean that farms bacteria on its hairs
By Megan Shersby published
The "yeti" crab is white and hairy, as its nickname suggests, and it thrives in hydrothermal vents in Antarctica's frigid waters.
![an orange and black crab holding two yellow sea anenomes on white coral](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qWUCPc2Xt9Nwo7SSctMzRK-320-80.jpg 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qWUCPc2Xt9Nwo7SSctMzRK-450-80.jpg 450w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qWUCPc2Xt9Nwo7SSctMzRK-500-80.jpg 500w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qWUCPc2Xt9Nwo7SSctMzRK-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qWUCPc2Xt9Nwo7SSctMzRK-840-80.jpg 840w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qWUCPc2Xt9Nwo7SSctMzRK-970-80.jpg 970w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qWUCPc2Xt9Nwo7SSctMzRK-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qWUCPc2Xt9Nwo7SSctMzRK-1200-80.jpg 1200w)
Pom pom crab: The crustacean that uses anemones as boxing gloves
By Hannah Osborne published
These tiny crustaceans, also known as boxer crabs, use the venomous anenomes to protect themselves from predators and to eat with. They also wave them around while fighting with each other.
![A large red crab with its claw in the center picking up baby crabs to eat.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XUg5Mx39ioB9hK2xKA5fDR-320-80.jpg 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XUg5Mx39ioB9hK2xKA5fDR-450-80.jpg 450w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XUg5Mx39ioB9hK2xKA5fDR-500-80.jpg 500w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XUg5Mx39ioB9hK2xKA5fDR-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XUg5Mx39ioB9hK2xKA5fDR-840-80.jpg 840w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XUg5Mx39ioB9hK2xKA5fDR-970-80.jpg 970w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XUg5Mx39ioB9hK2xKA5fDR-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XUg5Mx39ioB9hK2xKA5fDR-1200-80.jpg 1200w)
Watch cannibal crab gobble up baby crablets in Australia in David Attenborough's 'Our Planet II'
By Hannah Osborne published
The rare footage was taken when filming the red crab migration on Christmas Island.
![Here we see an orange/red crab with a pale yellow underbelly with its two claws raised in the air. It is on a sandy beach.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SRdGNTqjvjVoQ2XYrgEjLN-320-80.jpg 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SRdGNTqjvjVoQ2XYrgEjLN-450-80.jpg 450w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SRdGNTqjvjVoQ2XYrgEjLN-500-80.jpg 500w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SRdGNTqjvjVoQ2XYrgEjLN-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SRdGNTqjvjVoQ2XYrgEjLN-840-80.jpg 840w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SRdGNTqjvjVoQ2XYrgEjLN-970-80.jpg 970w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SRdGNTqjvjVoQ2XYrgEjLN-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SRdGNTqjvjVoQ2XYrgEjLN-1200-80.jpg 1200w)
Why do animals keep evolving into crabs?
By Laurel Hamers published
Crabby bodies are so evolutionarily favorable, they've evolved at least five different times. So why does this process, known as carcinization, keep happening?
![Sea-Monkeys](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PxXgee9QUy4Vqyi4cR88ed-320-80.jpg 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PxXgee9QUy4Vqyi4cR88ed-450-80.jpg 450w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PxXgee9QUy4Vqyi4cR88ed-500-80.jpg 500w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PxXgee9QUy4Vqyi4cR88ed-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PxXgee9QUy4Vqyi4cR88ed-840-80.jpg 840w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PxXgee9QUy4Vqyi4cR88ed-970-80.jpg 970w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PxXgee9QUy4Vqyi4cR88ed-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PxXgee9QUy4Vqyi4cR88ed-1200-80.jpg 1200w)
What are Sea-Monkeys?
By Ailsa Harvey, Live Science Staff published
Reference Sea-monkeys is the marketing term used for a hybrid breed of brine shrimp sold in packets of dust in aquarium shops.
![A snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) pictured underwater in Canada](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Nu6AK8q4Pwj8yVsAseRedM-320-80.jpg 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Nu6AK8q4Pwj8yVsAseRedM-450-80.jpg 450w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Nu6AK8q4Pwj8yVsAseRedM-500-80.jpg 500w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Nu6AK8q4Pwj8yVsAseRedM-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Nu6AK8q4Pwj8yVsAseRedM-840-80.jpg 840w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Nu6AK8q4Pwj8yVsAseRedM-970-80.jpg 970w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Nu6AK8q4Pwj8yVsAseRedM-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Nu6AK8q4Pwj8yVsAseRedM-1200-80.jpg 1200w)
What made billions of snow crabs disappear from the Bering Sea?
By Joanna Thompson published
The Bering Sea's snow crab population has been in decline over the last five years, but this season the population has collapsed.
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