The term fiddler crab refers to around 100 species and subspecies of crabs from the genus Uca. They are found along beaches and brackish (a mixture of saltwater and freshwater) waterways around the ...

On some stretches of the Texas coast, ghost crabs scurry by the hundreds, darting sideways across the sand like tiny beach ...

Wearing shells painted in unnatural neon tones and housed within small wire cages, hermit crabs are commonly found in boardwalk shops down the shore — where they can face the same thoughtless ...

Ghost crabs, notably species within the genus Ocypode, are emblematic inhabitants of sandy beach ecosystems across tropical and subtropical regions. Their burrowing behaviour, ease of detection and ...