Rare evidence about the lives of an ancient group of arthropods has been uncovered in the U.S. The findings of the study are ...

What is a hermit crab? There are over 800 species of hermit crabs worldwide, and almost all are ocean dwellers—though people are likely most familiar with the dozen semi-terrestrial species ...

Carcinization is a captivating type of convergent evolution where five different groups of crustaceans have separately evolved to have crab-like body structures. Evolutionary ...

But how much do we really know about the lives of these crustaceans? Despite their intriguing looks and substantial size, relatively little is known about giant isopods. We know where they live and ...

What is a Japanese spider crab? They may look like something from a 1950s sci-fi film, but Japanese spider crabs are gentle giants. And giants they are. Of the 60,000 species of crustaceans on ...

Rare evidence about the lives of an ancient group of arthropods has been uncovered in the USA. The cluster of cyclidan crustaceans, which has been preserved for hundreds of millions of years, shows ...