Meet the candy striped hermit crab, a pretty little critter that looks like it could be an undersea Christmas ornament.

A fresh crab shortage has hit California just in time for Christmas and wholesalers are competing to see who can keep customers happy.

The commercial Dungeness crab fishing season in Northern and Central California has been delayed for a second time, until at least mid-December, by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife ...

A delay in opening crab season and now a pricing dispute between fishermen and buyers means that crab boats won't be heading out to sea.

A monstrous robber crab has been filmed snapping a golf club clean in half on Christmas Island after a group of golfers ran into the terrifying critter during a day on the green.

A scientist conducting research on the Australian territory of Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean says a "robber crab"—the world's largest land crustacean—stole and destroyed a $4,000 ...

An enormous crab unexpectedly joined golfers for a round on Christmas Island and made off with some of their gear after slicing through one of their clubs “like a chainsaw”.

The commercial crab season officially opened on Wednesday, but there will be no Dungeness crab for Christmas. In Bodega Bay not a single boat has left the harbor.

Such is Claudette Hudson's fascination with red crabs that she got tattoos of the crustaceans to celebrate a long-awaited trip to see their migration on Christmas Island.

An innovative new form of transport has been created to protect the Christmas Island red crabs from tourists during their annual migration.

Tests of crab from Crescent City to Monterey in December show levels of toxic domoic acid have not dropped below federal safety limits in most fishing grounds on the North and Central coasts.