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SCARDOVARI, Italy (AP) — Italian fishermen for two years incinerated most of the invasive Atlantic blue crabs caught in the Po River Delta south of Venice. Few Italians had an appetite for the alien ...

The Chesapeake Bay's most popular crustacean has a dark streak. Cannibalism is the No. 1 killer of juvenile blue crabs in mid-salinity waters where they are known to congregate, according to a new ...

Smithsonian researchers discovered who devours the most young blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay — it's not people or even fish, but older, larger blue crabs with a surprising taste for cannibalism. And ...

An adult male blue crab attempts to cannibalize a smaller blue crab on a tether. Credit: Fisheries Conservation Lab / Smithsonian Environmental Research Center The Chesapeake Bay’s most popular ...

Smithsonian study finds juvenile crabs rely on shrinking shallow-water habitats to escape cannibalism by adults Kristen Goodhue The Chesapeake Bay’s most popular crustacean has a dark streak.