The colonies of soldier crabs that inhabit the lagoons of Pacific atolls display a unique swarming behavior in their native habitat. When in a swarm of hundreds of individuals, the front of the ...

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Tuna crabs are swarming off the coast of San Diego. Sometimes called 'red crabs,' they have quite a few nicknames and typically live in deeper waters near Mexico. “We humans breathing air don’ ...

Oregon wildlife officials are warning that a highly invasive species of crab has been spotted for the first time in the Pacific Northwest. According to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife ...

The colonies of soldier crabs that inhabit the lagoons of Pacific atolls display a unique swarming behavior in their native habitat. When in a swarm of hundreds of individuals, the front of the ...

After the sub dive, the team used the SeaBED-class vehicle Jaguar AUV to gather additional images and data on the density of the crab swarm.

Murakami is an assistant professor of collective behavioral science at the Kyoto Institute of Technology. Murakami studies how soldier crabs move in swarms ...