While there have always been certain things that define life in Maryland — the variety in its “America in Miniature” landscape and its mix of North-South and urban-rural aesthetic, we inevitably find ...

Crabs’ famous sideways walk may trace back to a single evolutionary moment 200 million years ago. Researchers found that most modern crabs inherited this trait from one ancestor—and never looked back.

Horseshoe crabs gather in groups, typically multiple males per female, during their spawning season. Females lay thousands of eggs, and multiple males fertilize the eggs externally. South Carolina ...

The Artemis II astronauts are making their way back to Earth after the lunar flyby. The crew became the first astronauts in over 50 years to fly around the far side of the moon. They also experienced ...

Nearly a millennium ago, astronomers witnessed a brilliant new star blazing in the sky—a supernova so bright it was visible in daylight for weeks. Today, its expanding remnant, the Crab Nebula, ...

Smithsonian researchers discovered who devours the most young blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay — it’s not people or even fish, but older, larger blue crabs with a surprising taste for cannibalism. And ...

A 37-year study in the Chesapeake Bay revealed that a major predator of young blue crabs might be their own kind The Chesapeake Bay’s crabs are tearing themselves apart. A decades-long study of the ...

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The research underscores growing concerns about how ultra-small plastic particles move through marine ecosystems and into foods people rely on. Researchers studying mangrove forests in Colombia found ...

A while back, we wrote about women who accidentally found out their husbands were cheating, and the responses ranged from absolutely gut-wrenching to shocking. Then, some formerly married women shared ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation that will ultimately ban the catch and biomedical use of the crabs. By Jon Hurdle New York State will phase out the catch of horseshoe crabs in its waters for bait ...