Male fiddler crabs can be seen performing their instinctive choreography through October. The dances are part of male crabs' ...

A recent report detailed a 50 percent drop in juvenile Chesapeake blue crabs since 2010. Then, a survey found a surprising ...

Ferries, cargo ships and tankers cut through choppy waters in Tuesday as a whale surfaced nearby, its spout ba ...

The blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay increased by about 100 million crabs to 349 million this year, according to ...

Blue claw crabs are biting in New Jersey waters, which means it’s important to find the best lines, traps and bait before going out. Tide chart apps are available online, including one from the ...

HAGERSTOWN, Md., June 24, 2025 — The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs delivered a commanding 11-2 victory over the Hagerstown Flying Boxcars in an Atlantic League of Professional Baseball game on June 24, ...

Ted Black tblack@somdnews.com Apr 22, 2026 Apr 22, 2026 Tuesday evening the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs kicked off their 2026 Atlantic League of Professional Baseball season by welcoming both the old ...

Annapolis, Md. — Today, April 1, 2026, marks the official opening day of Maryland’s 2026 recreational blue crab season in the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries, launching a tradition that runs ...

Smithsonian researchers discovered who devours the most young blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay — it’s not people or even fish, but older, larger blue crabs with a surprising taste for cannibalism. And ...

One of blue crabs' biggest threats seems to be members of their own species. Jarek Tuszyński via Wikimedia Commons under CC-BY-3.0 Young blue crabs find refuge from many predators in the mid-salinity ...

CHESAPEAKE BAY - Researchers have published a nearly 40-year study documenting just how prevalent cannibalism is in the Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population and how protecting shallow-water habitat ...