A fiddler crab is a crab species from the genus Uca. They are native to brackish environments, which are made of part freshwater and part saltwater, all over the world. Fiddler crabs get their name ...
Researchers observe blue crabs ambushing fiddler crabs from shallow, water-filled pits, like crocodiles ambushing wildebeests in Africa. Dr. David Johnson, an ecologist at William & Mary's Virginia ...
Dr. David Johnson, an ecologist at William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science, has spent more than 20 years in salt marshes, at sites all along the U.S. East and Gulf coasts. But while ...
The crabs are part of a larger poleward migration of tropical species driven by warming ocean temperatures. While associated with mangroves, the crabs have expanded beyond the trees' new range into ...
David Johnson, an associate professor at Virginia Institute of Marine Science, holds a fiddler crab he found in Great Marsh in Massachusetts, north of their traditional range. Johnson said he has ...