Atlantic Blue crab - this crab has a blue-brown shell and can grow to 20cm/8in, but is usually sold smaller. When newly 'moulted' (crabs regularly shed their hard shells), the crabs are caught ...

If you are unsure, it may behoove you to purchase crab legs from an online purveyor accustomed to shipping seafood safely ...

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

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

When will you know the crabs are ready? Generally speaking, the steam takes about 15-20 minutes. One of the best parts of the process is watching the cerulean blue crabs turn a hot, bright orange.

It’s not like Seattle, which is overflowing with crustaceans, or the Chesapeake Bay with its abundance of blue crab. Or Bangkok, where I spent my childhood summers feasting on salty mud crabs.

This dish really highlights one of the crowned jewels of the Chesapeake Bay: the blue crab. This recipe has a very high ratio of crab to sauce, making it very decadent and a crowd-pleaser.

From the fruit tray of water garnishes, to the already cracked stone crab claws served with a housemade mustard sauce, to hot towels delivered ... sizes of fresh claws overnight nationwide from ...

Despite the Skin So Soft, or maybe because of it, the vicious greenheads did their worst, but if the blue-claw crabs were tugging at the chicken on our handlines, the joy overrode the sting.

In their final home stand for the month of August, the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs were looking to finally turn the corner on a season that has been highlighted by a pair of milestones amid ...

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