Researchers collected strange sea animals, including poisonous sea pigs and hand-sized sea spiders, while sailing to the ...

Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust is seeking volunteers for a long-standing community science program that collects data on ...

Scientists on an icebreaker ship have captured a number of weird and wacky animals from Antarctica's ocean floor, including a ...

Something ancient still walks the world’s shorelines—creatures with armored shells and spiky tails that seem plucked from the ...

Although they resemble crustaceans, they’re not closely related to crabs. They’re actually more akin to arachnids like scorpions and spiders. A large, hard carapace protects their bodies despite ...

She spent her time in the Bahamas checking the tide pools every morning, collecting hermit crabs in buckets ... By the time she graduated, Esposito was hooked on arachnids—and field work—and returned ...

Despite their name, horseshoe crabs are more closely related to arachnids than crustaceans. Their unique, smooth, and helmet-like shell and blue blood—rich in copper—are hallmarks of their ancient ...

They are largely aquatic, with a few exceptions having adapted to life on land, such as woodlice and terrestrial crabs. Fascinatingly ... since they are arachnids. They are tiny, at 0.08–0.31 inches ...

Some areas of Newfoundland and Labrador's snow crab fishery have seen reductions, despite the total allowable catch as a whole increasing. (Terry Roberts/CBC) Some areas of Newfoundland and ...