News articles tagged with 'crab'
UAB research could boost coastal economics with crustacean molting on demand
— 28 Oct 2009 11:36 | BiologyUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers are close to unravelling intricate cellular pathways that control molting in blue crabs. The discoveries could revolutionise the... — full story
Crab claws pack strengthening bromide-rich biomaterial
— 26 Feb 2009 14:30 | BiologyNext time you have an unlucky encounter with a crab's pinchers, consider that the claw tips may be reinforced with bromine-rich biomaterial 1.5 times harder than acrylic glass and extremely... — full story
Decline of shorebird linked to bait use of horseshoe crabs
— 13 Feb 2009 10:00 | EnvironmentDeclining numbers of a shorebird called the red knot have been linked to bait use of horseshoe crabs. Long-term surveys of red knots showed that the average weight of red knots when... — full story
Shell-breaking crabs lived 20 million years earlier
— 23 Apr 2008 13:38 | Geology and palaeontologyWhile waiting for colleagues at a small natural history museum in the state of Chiapas, Mexico last year, Cornell palaeontologist Greg Dietl chanced upon a discovery that has helped... — full story
New 150 million-year-old crab species discovered
— 18 Oct 2007 10:28 | Geology and palaeontologyResearchers from Kent State University and the University of Bucharest, Romania, have discovered a new primitive crab species Cycloprosopon dobrogea in eastern Romania. Previously unexamined,... — full story
Smithsonian identifies invasive crab species in Panama Canal expansion area
— 20 Sep 2007 15:23 | BiologyA Smithsonian scientist and colleague report that a potentially harmful, invasive crab species that has spread to several countries is now established and reproducing in Panama. The... — full story
Tropical crabs invade oyster reefs, impact unknown
— 5 Sep 2007 18:10 | EnvironmentA dime-sized tropical crab that has invaded coastal waters in the Southeast United States is having both positive and negative effects on oyster reefs, leaving researchers unable to... — full story
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