The live boiling of crustaceans such as lobsters, crabs, shrimp and prawns is due to be banned in the UK due to animal ...

It has long been known that insects such as bees help plants reproduce, by spreading pollen from one plant to another. Now, however, a similar arrangement has been discovered in the undersea world – ...

Quick Take England will ban live boiling of lobsters, a nerve-center policy change set to come into force as part of animal ...

Snow-white deep-sea crabs populate the seabed near hydrothermal vents. Oldenburg microbiologist Thorsten Brinkhoff was on the track of the animals with the submersible Alvin. Hydrothermal vents on the ...

Crustaceans, insects and mushrooms are rich sources of the dietary fiber chitin, which activates the immune system and benefits metabolism, according to a new study in mice. Who can forget the stomach ...

Tiny crustaceans called mysids (Hemimysis margalefi) can use ‘smell’ to find their way back from the open sea to the caves where they live. When placed in Y-shaped containers in which one arm contains ...

The deep-sea environment is characterized by darkness, low temperature, high hydrostatic pressure and lack of food. Despite the hostile environment, a growing number of deep-dwelling animals have been ...

Researchers from the University of Gothenburg are the first to prove that painful stimuli are sent to the brain of shore crabs providing more evidence for pain in crustaceans. EEG style measurements ...

Trilobites may have grown in a similar fashion and reached ages that match those of extant crustaceans, a new study has found. Trilobites -- extinct marine arthropods that roamed the world's oceans ...