Read on to get better acquainted with the Japanese spider crab, plus discover eight more of the largest crabs out there. The Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) is no ordinary crab ...

A ghostly white, unusually large predator has been discovered deep inside one of Earth's deepest ocean trenches. Found at a staggering depth of 25,900 feet (7,902 meters) in the eastern Pacific ...

Amy Carter and Scott Southey said the crab was "fascinating" A couple have said they were "fascinated" to find a large washed-up crab on a north Wales beach. Amy Carter, 46, and her partner Scott ...

They’re also one of the world’s largest arthropods, animals with no backbone, external skeletons, and multiple-jointed appendages. In this crab’s case, those appendages are its 10 legs.

What is a hermit crab? There are over 800 species of hermit crabs worldwide, and almost all are ocean dwellers—though people are likely most familiar with the dozen semi-terrestrial species ...

Red king crab harvested in Alaska is seen in this undated photo. Red king crab are the largest of Alaska’s commercially harvested crab species, and their meat is prized as a delicacy.