As the tide recedes from the Bay of Rest, mud flats lined with mangrove trees are left exposed. It's a dichotomy of ...

Crabs love mangrove swamps. But the mangroves may not love them back. Crabs’ voracious appetite for mangrove seeds can be a prime reason why efforts to replant lost mangroves often fail. So keeping ...

In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology. Animal, Vol. 47, No. 5/6 (May and June 2011), pp. 346-349 (4 pages) The gills contain essential cells for respiration and osmoregulation, whereas the ...

The mangrove or mud crab, Scylla serrata, is an important component of mangrove fisheries throughout the Indo-Pacific. Understanding crab diets and habitat use should assist in managing these ...

TEMPO.CO, Batam - The Riau Islands' Animal, Fish, and Plant Quarantine Center in tandem with the Batam Development Authority (BP Batam) released the first export of live mangrove crabs (Scylla serrata ...

After a two month closure, the traditional crab fisheries in the mangroves of Menabe as well as in the rest of Madagascar have reopened since September. Decisively turned towards a sustainable ...

A new species of mangrove-climbing micro-crab from Hong Kong, Haberma tingkok, has recently been discovered, described and named. The Mangrove Ecology and Evolution Lab, led by Dr Stefano Cannicci at ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In the village of Tramataia, Brazil crab-pickers, or caranguejeiros, walk to the shoreline at night with an offering of tobacco to Father Mangrove.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has allowed the catching and sale of certain mangrove crab juvenile and mangrove crablets for aquaculture purposes to help stakeholders augment their income amid the ...

When you look at a photo of basic animal traits, you rarely expect surprises. Our educational background has taught us the answers as children. Researchers in Hong Kong, China have made a discovery ...

A Darwin man was left scratching his head after he spotted 'hundreds' of small holes dug in a wild mangrove field - before the truth was revealed. Many people guessed what could be behind the holes ...