Nobody knows for sure how blue land crabs got to North Carolina, or even if we can truly call them invasive.

Summer the dog spotted a crab in the yard and moved in for a closer look, which would have been fine if the crab had not already found something to hold in its claw.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this July 18, 2011 photo, a giant blue land crab moves through the grass, at Montgomery Botanical Center, in Coral Gables, Fla.

That means you might start to spot blue land crabs around this time of year as the female crabs venture out to sea to release their eggs, a time period called spawning season that lasts from June to ...

After half a decade of worryingly low numbers, the Chesapeake Bay's blue crab population appears to be fighting its way out of a slump. This year's field sampling estimated a total population of 349 ...

ITALY has unleashed an army of 130,000 killer octopuses to wipe out a devastating invasion of blue crab. This extreme method of pest control has seen tens of thousands of the tentacled creature ...

Predators released in Mediterranean to combat crustaceans damaging coastal fishing economies ...

Maryland blue crab lovers know where to go for steamed crabs, spicy seasoning, and the kind of messy feast that always hits ...