This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). The little octopus didn’t expect to be a spectacle this morning. It was minding its own business — relaxing in an abandoned crab hole, ...

CAIRU, Brazil, May 28 (Reuters) - Fishermen like Jose da Cruz have made their living for decades hunting for crabs among Brazil's vast coastal mangrove forests, dense thickets of twisted plants in ...

Mud crab fishing in Lorang village, Aru Islands, has been a vital livelihood since 2014, but a recent survey suggests signs of depletion, raising concerns among local fishers. The boom in crab ...

Deep in the muddy mangroves, giant crabs bury themselves under layers of sand and roots. Hunting them means digging with bare hands, feeling blindly for armored claws that can crush with bone-breaking ...

A recent decision by the Malagasy government to grant permits to export live mud crabs to five Chinese companies has sparked controversy and highlighted the country’s struggle to sustainably manage an ...

As the tide recedes from the Bay of Rest, mud flats lined with mangrove trees are left exposed. It’s a dichotomy of environments as the seafloor shifts from an underwater habitat to part of the land.

Clearing mangroves to stop estuaries getting clogged with mud actually makes the problem worse, new research shows. Clearing mangroves to stop estuaries getting clogged with mud actually makes the ...

The little octopus didn’t expect to be a spectacle this morning. It was minding its own business — relaxing in an abandoned crab hole, moisturised in a slick layer of dark mud — when out of the blue ...

CAIRU, Brazil (Reuters) - Fishermen like Jose da Cruz have made their living for decades hunting for crabs among Brazil's vast coastal mangrove forests, dense thickets of twisted plants in deep black ...