Mud crabs—species of Scylla—are among the most important architects of Sundarbans creek ecosystems. Yet across large parts of the forest, these engineers are being removed at a pace and scale that the ...

There are four species of mud crab, Scylla serrata, S. tranquebarica, S. paramamosain and S. olivacea that are the focus of both commercial fisheries and aquaculture production throughout their ...

Since April, Lummi Nation natural resources staff have headed into the mud, week after week, to capture European green crabs in small metal traps. It’s part of an intensive effort to eradicate the ...

Conservation groups are preparing to sue the state Department of Natural Resources and a Charleston medical laboratory as the next phase in a quest to protect horseshoe crabs and migratory birds in ...