The Chesapeake Bay’s crabs are tearing themselves apart. A decades-long study of the blue crabs living along the Maryland ...

By Katherine Hafner/WHRO Each summer for nearly four decades, scientists at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center ...

Smithsonian researchers discovered who eats the most young blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay – it’s not people, or even fish, ...

The findings by Smithsonian researchers could help experts better manage this crustacean's population. The creatures play ...

Young blue crabs face their biggest threat from their own kind, but shallow water can provide a crucial refuge from cannibalism.

In an impressive 37-year-long investigation confirmed that the top—practically only—cause of death for young blue crabs was ...

Smithsonian study finds juvenile crabs rely on shrinking shallow-water habitats to escape cannibalism by adults ...

This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The number of blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay ...

The blue crab population in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay is among the lowest it's been in 35 years, but watermen say that doesn't necessarily mean crabs will cost you more this summer. A survey by the ...

After a rebound last year from a rock bottom count the year before, the number of blue crabs estimated in the Chesapeake Bay held fairly steady, according to this year’s winter survey. For the survey, ...