PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Environmental experts are concerned after an invasive species was spotted in Oregon for a second time this year. The Chinese mitten crab is a non-native species that lives in ...

SALEM, Ore. — An invasive freshwater crab species that can cause erosion problems and damage flood control as well as threaten native crab species in Oregon was captured in a river in mid-November, ...

Invasive species harm ecosystems and can negatively impact the economy in local communities when things get thrown off balance. Italy's Adriatic coast has seen this firsthand with the blue crab. The ...

To save the crabs, you got to eat more crabs. Well, let's not oversimplify, but invasive green crabs have been increasing on the West Coast for more than 30 years, and researchers say the population ...

Conservation groups argue horseshoe crabs should be listed as an endangered species to help protect their habitat and reduce harvesting. Almost two dozen conservation groups are asking federal ...

In an environment as vast and extreme as the world’s oceans, survival of the fittest takes on new meaning. That’s probably why cooperation is the name of the game for many of the more vulnerable ...

Hermit crabs are small crabs that carry shells on their backs, both for a home and for safety. But with shells being harder to find year after year, hermit crabs have had to spend more time in shells ...

In the waters of the Gulf of Cádiz in Spain, a small crab crawls through the sand. Armando Suárez Cueto via Unsplash Below the ocean surface off the coast of Spain, the sand on the seafloor plumes as ...