You knew they were tasty. But did you know crabs were art? At least they are in the hands of a few area painters. They take those hard, pointy, colorful outer shells, the ones that usually get rolled ...

Watermen say that female blue crabs “paint their fingernails,” meaning the tips of their claws turn bright red as they age. Jimmy crabs, on the other hand, have sky-blue claws – a sign as masculine as ...