BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers are close to unraveling intricate cellular pathways that control molting in blue crabs. The discoveries could revolutionize the ...

Crabs must molt because their hard, calcified exoskeleton cannot grow with them. Before molting, they reabsorb calcium and weaken their old shell from the inside. During ecdysis, they painfully pull ...

He explained that a long time ago, someone realized that if you cooked a female crab during its molting process, you could eat the whole crab. The female soft-shell crabs normally cost a little more ...

Dr. Doug Watson holds one of about a dozen blue crabs he keeps in his lab at UAB for research. Watson and his colleagues believe they have made a genetic breakthrough that will allow them to make ...

The wait is over! Howie the Crab molted once again! The popular TikTok famous rainbow crab has been in the process of a tough molt for a while and on Wednesday night, her fans were able to breathe a ...