Fiddler crabs are renowned for their elaborate courtship displays, which involve both visual and vibrational signals that play crucial roles in mate attraction and intraspecific communication. Males ...

The genus Uca (fiddler crabs) includes both estuarine and coastal species, the zoeae of which must travel varying distances to reach the sea. Rapid seaward transport following hatching may be ...

The male European fiddler crab attracts his mate by performing a courtship dance. New research published in the Journal of Experimental Biology... Into dudes who drum? You might be a female fiddler ...

Female fiddler crabs find male suitors more attractive if the chaps can arrange safe sand castles for booty calls, new findings suggest. In the animal kingdom, females are often attracted to ...

Fiddler crabs use their large claws to wave down females and didn’t take kindly to a robot newcomer in Portugal. Joe A. Wilde Like many people around the world, animal behavior researcher Joe Wilde ...

SYDNEY — In the world of fiddler crabs, the best form of protection is, apparently, prostitution, according to an Australian study published Wednesday. Researchers from the Australian National ...

NPR science podcast Short Wave brings us the stories of how Fiddler crabs drum their mating songs into the sand, growing chicken nuggets in the lab, and a drug like LSD — without the trip. It's time ...

David Johnson: So in 2014, we were on a muddy bank in the marsh up here in Massachusetts, and I saw this small crab scuttle across the mud bank and pop into a hole. And so I dug out the crab, and it ...

Fiddler crabs in Colombian mangroves swallow microplastics, concentrate them, and break them into smaller fragments during ...