Crustaceans

Crab vs lobster: what’s the difference between the common shore crab and the common lobster - and how do you tell them apart?

Lobsters and crabs are often mistaken for each other. Carys McMillan explains how to tell two of our most common species - the shore crab and European lobster - apart

Tragic mass stranding leaves 77 pilot whales dead in Orkney

The reason for one of the biggest mass strandings in Scottish history is currently a mystery, says Mel Hobson

Crayfish claws back: how scientists hope to save one of the UK’s most endangered native species

Thanks to a new conservation breeding programme, we might hear the pitter patter of tiny claws in Hampshire.