Pacific oysters, good. Ghost shrimp, bad. It’s a skewed ecological equation that sounds frighteningly over-simplistic, and for good reason. There is a renewed push to apply the dangerous neurotoxin ...

Connecticut College researchers have found that chemical byproducts produced by the amphibian-killing fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis—commonly known as Bd—may actually help ghost shrimp survive.

If you've been along the Texas coast recently, you've probably seen mini holes in the sand and shores. Park staff at Quintana Beach County Park posted about the "mini volcanoes" in a Facebook post on ...

This Halloween individuals may see ghosts and skeletons on the streets, but within the waters of the Puget Sound exists a spooky and translucent critter–the ghost shrimp. Ghost shrimp are about 1.5 ...

A researcher on Colón Island of Panama was searching for crustaceans among the coastal mangrove forests when he saw a section of mangroves in varying stages of decay. The water was shallow and murky, ...

LONG BEACH,Pacific County— Ever since the shrimp hit the fan this spring, Kim Patten’s life has been a whirlwind. Calls and emails from politicians, business leaders and anxious shellfish growers ...