Fiddler crabs are renowned for their elaborate courtship displays, which involve both visual and vibrational signals that play crucial roles in mate attraction and intraspecific communication. Males ...

Fiddler crabs use their large claws to wave down females and didn’t take kindly to a robot newcomer in Portugal. Joe A. Wilde Like many people around the world, animal behavior researcher Joe Wilde ...

A study has 'listened in' to the fascinating courtship displays of Fiddler crabs using geophones. The findings provide new insights into how the animals communicate effectively on the noisy seashore.

NPR science podcast Short Wave brings us the stories of how Fiddler crabs drum their mating songs into the sand, growing chicken nuggets in the lab, and a drug like LSD — without the trip. It's time ...

The male European fiddler crab attracts his mate by performing a courtship dance. New research published in the Journal of Experimental Biology... Into dudes who drum? You might be a female fiddler ...

David Johnson: So in 2014, we were on a muddy bank in the marsh up here in Massachusetts, and I saw this small crab scuttle across the mud bank and pop into a hole. And so I dug out the crab, and it ...

A robot posing as a tough male crab recently challenged real crabs to a showdown during mating season — and the videos are hilarious. The robot, nicknamed "Wavy Dave," infiltrated fiddler crab (Afruca ...