Crustaceans

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A large red crab with its claw in the center picking up baby crabs to eat.

Watch cannibal crab gobble up baby crablets in Australia in David Attenborough's 'Our Planet II'

By Hannah Osborne published

The rare footage was taken when filming the red crab migration on Christmas Island.

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Here we see an orange/red crab with a pale yellow underbelly with its two claws raised in the air. It is on a sandy beach.

Why do animals keep evolving into crabs?

By Laurel Hamers published

Crabby bodies are so evolutionarily favorable, they've evolved at least five different times. So why does this process, known as carcinization, keep happening?

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Sea-Monkeys

What are Sea-Monkeys?

By Ailsa Harvey, Live Science Staff published

Reference Sea-monkeys is the marketing term used for a hybrid breed of brine shrimp sold in packets of dust in aquarium shops.

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A snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) pictured underwater in Canada

What made billions of snow crabs disappear from the Bering Sea?

By Joanna Thompson published

The Bering Sea's snow crab population has been in decline over the last five years, but this season the population has collapsed.

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A colorful green mantis shrimp.

Natural Sunscreen Explains Mantis Shrimp's Amazing UV Vision

By Stephanie Pappas last updated

The colorful and aggressive mantis shrimp evolved a new way to use a naturally occurring, biological sunscreen: The animals use this compound to filter light from their eyes.

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the newly-named sponge crab Lamarckdromia beagle photographed from the front; the crab is coated in fluffy orange sponge

Can you spot the crab in this photo? (Hint: It's under the fuzz.)

By Nicoletta Lanese last updated

The species is named after the HMS Beagle.

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Cretaspara athanatas as rendered by an artist

Tiny 'immortal' crab entombed in amber discovered in a first of its kind

By Joanna Thompson last updated

A fossil crab was discovered perfectly preserved in Burmese amber.

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Scientists Put Shrimp on a Treadmill

By Sara Goudarzi last updated

A novel treadmill and a tiny backpack made of duct tape reveal how sickness affects the energy levels of these crustaceans.

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Octopuses are one of several marine invertebrates to be recognized as sentient by changes to a new animal welfare bill.

Octopuses, squids and lobsters could become 'sentient beings' in the UK

By Harry Baker published

The U.K. government has included cephalopods and some crustaceans in a new bill that recognizes sentient animals.

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This rare cotton-candy-colored lobster was just caught in Maine.

Rare 'cotton candy' lobster was a 1-in-100 million catch

By Nicoletta Lanese published

The stunning lobster, named Haddie, is bright blue with dark purple specks.

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