Who eats the most Maryland blue crabs every year? Spoiler: It’s not people.

Smithsonian researchers discovered who eats the most young blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay — it’s not people, or even fish, ...

Blue crabs have a serious cannibalism problem

It’s a crab-eat-crab world for the Chesapeake Bay’s juvenile blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus). Literally. Cannibalism is the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Cannibalistic Blue Crabs Are Eating Their Younger Peers in Part of the Chesapeake Bay

The findings by Smithsonian researchers could help experts better manage this crustacean's population. The creatures play ...
Earth.com

Young blue crabs face a deadly threat - and it's not what you expect

Young blue crabs face their biggest threat from their own kind, but shallow water can provide a crucial refuge from cannibalism.
Smithsonian Magazine

Cannibalism Takes Major Bite Out of Young Blue Crabs, but the Shallows Offer a Refuge

Smithsonian study finds juvenile crabs rely on shrinking shallow-water habitats to escape cannibalism by adults ...
GMA Network

BFAR reminds public to avoid eating poisonous fish, crabs

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) issued a reminder on Thursday for the public to avoid eating ...