Blue land crabs, which are officially Cardisoma guanhumi, are also known as land crab, giant land crabs or Juey - in Puerto Rico. Georgia, South and North Carolina officials asking for public's help ...

Blue land crabs look similar to fiddler crabs, with one claw larger than the other, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division (WRD).

Blue land crabs have been creeping their way up the East Coast, prompting officials in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina to issue warnings about the potentially invasive species.

The blue land crab's main shell can be up to 6 inches in diameter, with the animal's walking legs and claws easily doubling the crab's size beyond its softball-sized carapace.

The blue land crab is described to be as large as 5 to 6 inches and somewhat resembles a large fiddler crab, with one claw larger than the other. Skip to content. WLOX Careers.

Non-native blue land crabs have been increasingly spotted in South Carolina and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) has asked residents to report sightings. The blue land ...

According to SCDNR, the blue land crab is native along the Atlantic Coast from Brazil to south Florida – but occasional sightings of the large crabs have been reported in South Carolina since 2018.

Blue land crabs are found in Florida and the Caribbean. SCDNR doesn’t know if they are invasive or how they affect ecosystems in coastal SC.

It’s land crab breeding season on Xiaoliuqiu Island. As the small creatures cross dangerous roads to lay their eggs, locals ...

True crabs evolved to migrate between marine and land environments multiple times throughout their 250 million-year-old history, new study finds. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

The coconut crab is a kind of carcinized hermit crab, a “land crab” that scuttles around remote tropical islands in the western Indo-Pacific Ocean. It eats not only coconuts, but birds and ...