Animals have evolved crab-like bodies at least five times throughout history, a process known as carcinization.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the shores of Okinawa, Japan, an American photographer witnessed something amazing. Hermit crabs were crawling into plastic ...

When Shawn Miller’s camera captured a crisis on the shores of Okinawa, Japan, his heart found a mission. It was 2010 when he first witnessed the ingenious yet alarming way the island’s tiny hermit ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered an astonishing exoplanet that’s stretching our understanding of what’s possible for these distant worlds. And when we say say “stretch, ...

Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found a unique planet in another star system that’s shaped like a lemon. The lopsided Jupiter-style planet is so bizarre that it may blur the ...

The first harvest of fresh Dungeness crab is in and folks are lining up to purchase the long-awaited crustaceans. Fisherman’s Market in Eugene was bustling with customers Thursday morning. As soon as ...

California's commercial Dungeness crab season is set to open on January 5 with limits on the number of commercial traps because of the risk of humpback whale entanglements, authorities said Friday.

Dungeness crab season will open on the Central Coast near the start of the new year.The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that the commercial Dungeness crab fishery will open on Jan ...

An artistic representation of exoplanet PSR J2322-2650b, on the left, and the pulsar it orbits, on the right NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI) A lemon-shaped exoplanet residing far beyond the ...

There’s no local Dungeness crab for Christmas or New Year’s, but there should be plenty soon if you want to build your Super Bowl party or Valentine’s Day dinner around the West Coast’s favorite ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The endangered whales are moving on. It's safe for San Francisco fishermen to catch Dungeness crab again. Commercial fishing for the crab, usually a centerpiece of Christmas dinners ...