Part 2 of WTOP's Claws and Effect series looks at the competition the Chesapeake Bay blue crab is facing under the water.

Is the blue a crab a pet, or destined for the pot later this evening? My money’s on the latter. Poor crab. There’s being made ...

After a 16-year prohibition, a group of Virginia watermen voted to reinstate winter crab dredging. Many argue the decision ...

These changes will take effect on July 1, 2025. SCDNR biologists run numerous long-term studies of blue crabs in South ...

The blue crab is as synonymous with the culture of the D.C. region as marble buildings and political gridlock are with D.C.

Alaska's snow crab fishing industry came to a standstill in 2022 after an alarming disappearance of the animals, and now scientists are increasingly confident that man-made climate change is to ...

ALASKA, USA — A new study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration details the factors that contributed to the collapse of the Bering Sea snow crab population. Last year ...

the animals that live within the water often struggle to survive the changes, too. And these vanishing crabs are not worthless, either. The industry surrounding them generates upwards of $227 ...

In this clip, a freshly-groomed, extremely fluffy Golden Retriever on a fancy couch in what looks like a very fancy house is baffled by the appearance of a live blue crab on the next cushion over.

After a 16-year prohibition, a group of Virginia watermen voted to reinstate winter crab dredging. Many argue the decision puts the blue crab’s... Winter crabbing strained Chesapeake Bay’s ...