Juan Mateo Rivera looking for crabs in a stream in Assis, Acre State, Brazil in 2022. In Manizales, perched in the Colombian Andes, researchers are studying how a native species of small fresh-water ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of food eaten by ancient Maya elites during special ritual banquets. Researchers from Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have ...

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 20 December) — Freshwater crabs in Mindanao have been found to carry DNA of the lung-fluke parasite Paragonimus westermani, which can cause illness if crabs are eaten ...

The Straits Times recently reported an exciting milestone for conservationists in Singapore. The endangered Singapore freshwater crab (Johora singaporensis) is now reproducing in the wild following ...

Not many creatures on Earth can pull off keeping a pride of curious lions at bay. But lions don’t want to get their soft noses pinched by a crab’s forceful claws any more than we would. The video ...

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, sparking concern ...

In the highlands of Luzon in the Philippines, a new species was discovered by a surgeon on a trip, researchers said. AR via Unsplash Robert L. Chang, a colorectal surgeon from Manila, has taken many ...

Freshwater ecosystems cover less than 1% of Earth's surface, but are vital for life on this planet. New research reveals that damage to these environments is pushing freshwater animals to the edge of ...

Oyster reefs provide structural habitat for resident crabs and fishes, the planktonic larvae of which rely on estuarine transport/retention mechanisms to ensure settlement and subsequent recruitment ...

Robert L. Chang, a colorectal surgeon from Manila, has taken many trips up to the Philippines highlands. Considering himself a naturalist, he explores the rugged terrain on the northern island of the ...