Smithsonian researchers discovered who devours the most young blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay — it's not people or even fish, but older, larger blue crabs with a surprising taste for cannibalism. And ...

Blue crab is widely considered to be the official food of Maryland, at least by the scores of people who flock to crab feasts all over the state. They have their own unique style there, steaming crabs ...

Maryland diners love to eat blue crabs, crustaceans native to the Chesapeake Bay that have been a culinary favorite in the region for centuries. But a federal effort to restrict imported crabmeat has ...

One of blue crabs' biggest threats seems to be members of their own species. Jarek Tuszyński via Wikimedia Commons under CC-BY-3.0 Young blue crabs find refuge from many predators in the mid-salinity ...