What sets Maryland crab cakes apart from the imitators? Let's just say the secret isn't about adding more — it's about ...

If you attended the Harvey Cedars Wine Tasting event last month, you would have been greeted at the door by Judie and Barry Putt, volunteering to check in everyone. If you were at Sunset Park for the ...

Discover a humble Annapolis crab house where paper-covered tables, Mill Creek views and Old Bay–steamed blue crabs turn lunch ...

Discover Maryland crab shacks so beloved that diners happily cross county lines for trusted flavors and longtime traditions.

Supporters of the legislation argue it would protect a declining horseshoe crab population, while opponents warn it will harm the commercial fishing industry. By Jon Hurdle Conservationists are ...

There’s something almost spiritual about the ritual of cracking open a perfectly steamed Maryland blue crab, extracting that sweet meat, and savoring it with a cold drink on a warm day by the water.

Virginia scientists confirmed the first officially recorded stone crabs in Chesapeake Bay this summer. Four adult males turned up near Norfolk’s Willoughby Spit and now sit in tanks at VIMS in ...

It’s Grant Phelan’s favorite time of the year. And for good reason. Stone crab season kicked off Wednesday, Oct. 15, and will be here for another shell-cracking 6½ months. “Stone crabs are here, the ...

Stone crab season is upon us, and if you don’t “know a guy” with a sketchy shack in his backyard where you trade cash for claws, that’s OK—you head out to any of these local spots to satisfy your ...

While cruising the Texas coast this week during my Beachcombing survey, I came across one of the most entertaining — and ecologically important — residents of our shoreline: the fiddler crab. Easily ...

Florida's stone crab season runs from October 15 through May 1. Harvesters remove the claws and return the crab to the water, as the claws can regrow. Claws must be at least 2 7/8 inches, and they ...