A research team led by Occidental College has identified a previously unknown symbiosis; deep sea spiders that cultivate and ...

Most carnivores have teeth to grasp and eat prey, so marine animals with teeth are not uncommon. Sharks, dolphins, eels, whales, many fish species, and marine mammals like seals and sea lions have ...

The NOAA's website adds: "Besides allowing the crab to grow, molting helps to get rid of parasites, barnacles, and other animals growing on the shell. "It also helps to get rid of shells damaged by ...

If you find your hermit crab without its shell, he may be molting. Molting requires a lot of energy, and hermit crabs are very vulnerable without their shells. Another reason for hermit crab shell ...

This chef-favorite seasonal crab can be fried, grilled, and sautéed easily at home. The best part? You can eat the shell. Summer, sun, and soft-shell crabs — few combinations are as simple and ...

and then the formation of a new one using chitin. Hermit Crabs usually molt when they get too tight in their shell, or when the cuticle is too thin to allow them to move around comfortably. As the ...

Scientists have toyed around within chitin in past years ... While you’re not going to see crab-shell batteries anytime soon, the researchers hope their batteries may become commonplace ...

Chitin and its derivative chitosan are natural polymers found in crustaceans and ... This kind of device can work for a much longer time.” While you’re not going to see crab-shell batteries anytime ...