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Frogmore stew is a communal boiled dinner with origins on St. Helena Island in Port Royal Sound.
crabs

The Surprising History of South Carolina’s Frogmore Stew

This traditional meal of the Gullah Geechee people has deep roots along the Atlantic coast.
The cute capybara.
islands

Animal Takeover: Brace Yourself for Adorable Hordes

How roving capybaras became working-class heroes in Argentina and human residents come together to protect Christmas Island’s crab migration every year.
The Podcast Team July 16, 2025
Buttery, pillowy rolls from Automatic Seafood in Birmingham.
Itinerary

These Restaurants Are Dishing Out Alabama’s Most Distinctive Food

A Tour of Alabama’s Unique Culinary Delights
Meet crabs that can span up to three feet long.
nature

The Biggest Crabs In the World May Have Eaten Amelia Earhart

The colorful giants of the tropics are thieves, and they're not picky.
Tiare Tuuhia May 31, 2024
aquariums

Into The Deep: The Journey to Bring Amazing Deep Sea Animals to the Surface

The Monterey Bay Aquarium displays vibrant jellies, fascinating fishes, and the largest crab in the world.
Monterey, California

Into The Deep/En lo Profundo Exhibit at Monterey Bay Aquarium

Enormous crabs, bioluminescent jellies, and other amazing creatures from the ocean’s depths—some of which are in an aquarium for the first time ever.
Yamanashi, Japan

Kanibōzu Claw Marks

A giant man-eating crab monster allegedly left its claw marks on this unassuming boulder.
Hillsboro Horseshoe Crab
Hillsboro, Ohio

World's Largest Horseshoe Crab

How did a massive marine arthropod find its way to landlocked Ohio?
A "colossal" size claw at Key Largo Fisheries' Backyard Cafe.
food

Consider the Stone Crab

In the Florida Keys, the local catch is "renewable."
Darcy Rhyno May 25, 2022
Display of a claw from the Great Margate Crab
Margate, England

Crab Museum

Europe's "only museum dedicated to the decapod" is full of quirky and absurdist displays, including one featuring the "famous" Giant Crab of Margate.
The Spider Crab hanging on the second floor balcony of the museum.
New Brunswick, New Jersey

Japanese Giant Spider Crab

This exoskeleton was gifted to Rutgers University by Japan for its role in educating some of the first Japanese citizens to study outside the country.
The shores of Lewes support large populations of horseshoe crabs, especially during summer.
art

Photographs Capture the Ancient Elegance of Horseshoe Crabs

"Nature is there for you, especially when you need it."
Claire Voon April 20, 2020
A crab crusted in parasites.
disasters

A Decade Later, the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Has Left an Abyssal Wasteland

A nightmare at 6,000 feet.
Sabrina Imbler September 18, 2019
<em>Callichimaera perplexa</em> on the prowl, as imagined by a paleoartist.
mythology

Found: The Goofiest Crab That Ever Lived

It has the legs of a sea scorpion, the body of a lobster, and the eyes of an enormous larva.
Sabrina Imbler April 26, 2019
Gastro Obscura

West Indies Salad

It's actually a crab dish from Alabama's Gulf Coast.
The crabs make their way across a road, while locals evade them.
islands

The Crab Migration That the Colombian Army Is Dispatched to Protect

The crustaceans, native to Providencia, have seen declining numbers.
Lucy Sherriff July 3, 2018
Majoid crabs, known as decorator crabs, are well-known for adorning their carapace with sponges, algae and marine debris.
oceans

Why Is This Crab Wearing Red and Green Pom-Poms?

It's not because it's getting into the holiday spirit.
Vittoria Traverso December 11, 2017
A ferocious tiny dancer.
science

Male Mangrove Crabs Have a Taunting Victory Dance

These moves put the "man" in "mangrove crab."
Natasha Frost November 13, 2017