New research suggests that oysters' ability to filter water benefits nearby marine life and protects it from disease.

Scientists have discovered that oysters can protect young blue crabs from a deadly marine parasite by filtering harmful ...

Scientists found that live oysters can lower infection rates in juvenile blue crabs by removing parasites from the water.

This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The number of blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay ...

There's nothing like sharing the love, but officials as far north as North Carolina aren't smiling over the latest invasive species making its way up the East Coast from Florida: blue land crabs.

Venice exists in symbiosis with its surrounding brackish waters, and their health is also becoming increasingly fragile. View on euronews ...

Today we have a slightly different episode, as we're not technically 'fishing', but instead crabbing! We're geared up with a very simple setup as we aim to catch ourselves some blue crabs. We talk ...

After a rebound last year from a rock bottom count the year before, the number of blue crabs estimated in the Chesapeake Bay held fairly steady, according to this year’s winter survey. For the survey, ...

RICHMOND — The commercial harvest of blue crabs has been extended in Virginia as the crab population trends upward. The Virginia Marine Resources Commission voted last week to approve the extension ...