This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). The little octopus didn’t expect to be a spectacle this morning. It was minding its own business — relaxing in an abandoned crab hole, ...

Mud crab fishing in Lorang village, Aru Islands, has been a vital livelihood since 2014, but a recent survey suggests signs of depletion, raising concerns among local fishers. The boom in crab ...

Crab harvests in Bangladesh are booming to meet thriving export demand, but the rates at which wild stocks are being depleted may be unsustainable, experts warm. Researchers say the loss of large ...

Deep in the muddy mangroves, giant crabs bury themselves under layers of sand and roots. Hunting them means digging with bare hands, feeling blindly for armored claws that can crush with bone-breaking ...

In the far reaches of remote Australia, the mangroves hold secrets few travelers ever see. Buried deep in the mud are massive crabs with claws strong enough to crush shells—and hidden among the swamps ...

As the tide recedes from the Bay of Rest, mud flats lined with mangrove trees are left exposed. It’s a dichotomy of environments as the seafloor shifts from an underwater habitat to part of the land.

Clearing mangroves to stop estuaries getting clogged with mud actually makes the problem worse, new research shows. Clearing mangroves to stop estuaries getting clogged with mud actually makes the ...

The little octopus didn’t expect to be a spectacle this morning. It was minding its own business — relaxing in an abandoned crab hole, moisturised in a slick layer of dark mud — when out of the blue ...