While cruising the Texas coast this week during my Beachcombing survey, I came across one of the most entertaining — and ecologically important — residents of our shoreline: the fiddler crab. Easily ...

We just added several new fiddler crabs to the Mangrove Ecosystem! Many people think that male fiddlers use their large claw to capture food. After watching this video, what do you think? At the end ...

A crab named for mangrove forests is leaving them behind. New research from William & Mary's Batten School & VIMS shows that the Atlantic mangrove fiddler crab (Leptuca thayeri) is settling into ...