crabs
Coverage of crabs in the Nexus archive.
- What’s Really Going On Inside Animals’ Heads?
Researchers are challenging traditional views by exploring animal sentience and complex inner lives, investigating if animals like baboons possess a theory of mind and whether creatures such as crabs and lobsters can experience pain. The article will also cover general findings about what is happening inside other species' heads and include the story of one beagle’s journey.
- Why do crabs walk sideways? Scientists trace it back 200 million years
Scientists discovered that crabs' sideways walking behavior originated from a single evolutionary ancestor 200 million years ago. This trait, inherited by modern crabs, likely provided a survival advantage by enabling quick, unpredictable movements to evade predators.
- Sewage having 'alarming' impact on underwater forests along UK coast
Scientists discovered that sewage pollution is causing a significant decline in small invertebrates, such as crabs, in seagrass meadows along the UK coast. The impact of sewage on these underwater forests is described as 'alarming'.