Blue crabs are an estuarine species, ... Once a female blue crab reaches sexual maturity, she molts for a final time. While she is in this final molt, she mates with an adult male.

Parasitic, egg-eating worms might sound like the stuff of nightmares, but they're simply a fact of life for blue crabs in the ...

The female blue crab harvest in Maryland's portion of the Chesapeake Bay was down by about a third last year, a drop that coincided with efforts to restrict the catch to rebuild the population of ...

Jan. 26, 2001 -- When the chill of winter moves down from the north, female blue crabs of the Chesapeake Bay head for the salty waters near the mouth of the estuary to spawn the next generation of ...

Their scientific name — Callinectes sapidus — means “beautiful swimmer.” But just where, when and how far do blue crabs — specifically, the Gulf of Mexico’s adult female blue crabs ...

There are more spawning-age female blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay than there have been in at least 28 years, a sign that efforts to help the species withstand natural population swings are working.

There are more spawning-age female blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay than there have been in at least 28 years, a sign that efforts to help the species withstand natural population swings are working.