Undersea cables are the big arteries to our energy grid. But apparently, they can also affect marine life. According to a new study, the cables act as an irresistible lure for female shore crabs, ...
EurekAlert!: Study suggests female crabs are more sensitive to underwater power cables
New research has found that female crabs show significantly greater sensitivity to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) from underwater power cables than males, which transmit electricity from offshore ...
Center for Biological Diversity: Female Horseshoe Crabs Spared for Another Year in Delaware Bay
DOVER, Del.— The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission decided this week to forgo a 2024 bait harvest of female horseshoe crabs in Delaware Bay, where the crabs’ eggs provide a critical food ...
MSN: Female crabs are more sensitive to underwater power cables, study suggests
MSN: Rare intersex crab found with male and female traits, researchers say
A blue crab pulled from Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay waters in 2005 displayed something biologists almost never see: one claw tipped red like a mature female, the other colored blue like a male, with its ...