The island remains a popular destination year-round, even outside the red crab migration season. For Brendan, his favorite places to explore include Dolly Beach, the Dales, Territory Day Park ...

Christmas Island, an Australian island in the Indian Ocean, is home to one of the world's coolest natural wonders: the Christmas Island red crab migration. Every year, the island's ~50 million ...

Claudette Hudson is a self-confessed fanatic of red crabs. Not only do the crustaceans feature on her leggings, hat, shirt and suitcase, she even has tattoos of them. "I have crab shoes ...

Biologists from the National University of Singapore conduct the first comprehensive population study of all three Asian ...

In the last decade, there was just one commercial red king crab fishery in Southeast Alaska. But that could change with a ...

Ghost crabs, particularly the species Ocypode quadrata, play a significant role in sandy beach ecosystems. These crabs are not only important for the ecological balance of their habitats but also ...

It is one of more than 20 species of land crab on the island. With more than 150 million red crabs on Christmas Island, their annual migration from the interior of the remote island to the coast ...

However, the red king crab fishery collapsed in the 1980s. Since 1983, most populations have been depressed statewide and the Gulf of Alaska fishery remains closed.