It’s a crab-eat-crab world for the Chesapeake Bay’s juvenile blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus). Literally. Cannibalism is the number one killer of the crustaceans that congregate in mid-salinity waters ...

The Chesapeake Bay's most popular crustacean has a dark streak. Cannibalism is the No. 1 killer of juvenile blue crabs in mid ...

By Katherine Hafner/WHRO Each summer for nearly four decades, scientists at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center ...

Young blue crabs face their biggest threat from their own kind, but shallow water can provide a crucial refuge from cannibalism.

A 37-year study in the Chesapeake Bay revealed that a major predator of young blue crabs might be their own kind ...

In an impressive 37-year-long investigation confirmed that the top—practically only—cause of death for young blue crabs was ...

The researchers found that the smallest crabs were the most vulnerable, and more than twice as likely to get eaten compared to medium or large juveniles.

Researchers have published a nearly 40-year study documenting just how prevalent cannibalism is in the Chesapeake Bay’s blue ...

"We fight this blue crab, but he is stronger than us because there are so many of them." Experts recommend public eat crab species that could put fishing industry at risk: 'An animal of unacceptable ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The blue crab is so named because of its sapphire-tinted claws. Its shell, or carapace, is actually a mottled brownish color, and ...

With no wind to speak of, the water was calm along a pier on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. And with no clouds to speak of, the sun beat down on Xuqing Chen as she filled a mesh cage with oysters on a hot ...

GLOUCESTER — The Chesapeake Bay might have a new resident, thanks to warming waters and successful habitat restoration. Blue crabs are the typical catch in local waters. But crabbers on the bay have ...