How will the female fiddler crab pick a mate? By the quality of his lodging, the allure of his wave—and, especially, the size of his claw. The female fiddler crab has two small, symmetrical ...

And fiddler crabs, whose charismatic males have oversized claws to attract mates and defend against rivals, are marching up the Eastern Seaboard. This rapid migration is due, in part, to their young.

Male and female fiddler crabs are easily distinguished by looking at their claws. The females have small claws while the ...

Limnology and Oceanography Vol. 56, No. 5, 2011 A behavioral mechanism for dispersal in ... The genus Uca (fiddler crabs) includes both estuarine and coastal species, the zoeae of which must travel ...

Huxley had been studying the extraordinarily large claw (or chela) of the male fiddler crab, Uca pugnax, and was interested in how the crab grew to produce such an exaggerated trait (Figure 1 ...

To the fiddler crabs, the Australian mudflats in the north ... Male crabs attract passing females by waving their large yellow claws. If a female fancies a male, she will disappear down his ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Stone crab claws are one of the priciest seafoods you can buy. And depending on their size, a pound of claws at a restaurant can cost as much as $70.

And giants they are. Of the 60,000 species of crustaceans on Earth, Japanese spider crabs are the largest, spanning up to 12.5 feet from the tip of one front claw to the other. They’re also one ...

Joe's famously tender Stone Crab claws with a side of its legendary mustard sauce. Photo courtesy of Andrea Grieco; courtesy of Joe's Stone Crab Joe’s Stone Crab is one of Miami’s most quintessential ...

In the mangrove, harmless water snakes rippled through the water, and Fiddler crabs waved with one giant claw. The other must-do wildlife experience, from July to October, is a cruise to watch the ...