The wait is over! Howie the Crab molted once again! The popular TikTok famous rainbow crab has been in the process of a tough molt for a while and on Wednesday night, her fans were able to breathe a ...

MUKILTEO — State biologists reassure community members that what appears to be dead crabs littering beaches near Mukilteo are mostly molted shells. People have reported large numbers of Dungeness crab ...

Several locals have reported "unusual amounts of dead horseshoe crabs" washing up on Massachusetts beaches in recent days. However, officials say the spectacle is no cause for concern, as they're just ...

Crabs must molt because their hard, calcified exoskeleton cannot grow with them. Before molting, they reabsorb calcium and weaken their old shell from the inside. During ecdysis, they painfully pull ...