“These Mukilteo beaches represent a location where Dungeness crab molt shells have accumulated many times in the past on the shoreline,” he wrote. “Crabs of certain size categories and sex ...

TikTok famous Howie the Crab and her human mom Laura Porter have tons of online support. Through each of Howie's more recent molts, thousands upon thousands of people sent well wishes and love and ...

Researchers have observed that a molt of a single Japanese spider crab in captivity took 103 minutes, and the crab’s growth rate was nearly 22 percent.

Like lobsters, shrimp and other crustaceans, crabs grow by shedding their exoskeleton shells in a process called molting. As they get older, molts become increasingly difficult and painful for the ...

Horseshoe crabs molt their distinctive shells about 17 times before reaching maturity at age 10. A synthetic version of their blood has been produced that appears to be on course to eliminate the ...

Fans agonized over every molt and delighted in each new knitted hat. People on social media couldn’t get enough of Omahan Laura Porter and her crab, Howie, shown here with matching hats.