I have spent most of my spare time in, on or near the ocean environs of Southern California, most frequently of Santa Barbara County. I consider myself somewhat of an expert — or more of an enthusiast ...

Among the surfers and beach-casting anglers, there’s a new visitor to San Francisco’s Ocean Beach shoreline. Benjamin McInroe is there for only one reason — to find Pacific mole crabs, creatures ...

We advanced primates have come up with countless ways of creating homes, including, for example, using beer cans as construction materials. But simpler creatures in nature also, of course, have their ...

Readers have commented on the number of dead sand crabs along the beach at the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area. That is actually good news, and here’s why: The “dead” sand crabs actually ...

Anyone who has dug their toes or fingers into the wet sand at the water's edge has no doubt unearthed a sand crab, a.k.a. sand flea or sand mole These small armadillo-shaped critters are usually no ...

The cinnamon-covered pastries at Pico’s Bakery were called congrejos, which is Spanish for crabs. They did look like crusteceans with their claws aimed forward. They were so darn cute I bought one and ...

Inshore: With a bump on top and a bit of a breeze most of the week, the ½- and ¾-day boats stayed a bit closer to home. There are good yellowtail marks all over La Jolla near the bottom as the fish ...

Sand fiddler crabs that reside in a burrow usually prevail if challenged by another, intruding crab, provided their claw pinching strength is similar to that of the competing crab, a study suggests.

Researchers have found a mechanical connection between sand crab burrow widths and widths of cometary pits using a simple granular experiment. Researchers at Nagoya University find a mechanical ...

Among the surfers and beach-casting anglers, there’s a new visitor to San Francisco’s Ocean Beach shoreline. Benjamin McInroe is there for only one reason — to find Pacific mole crabs, creatures ...