Yeti crabs don't comb their hair to look good they do it because they're hungry. These bizarre deep-sea animals grow their food in their own hair, trapping bacteria and letting it flourish there ...

Everyone’s favorite crabs are back in the news! Yeti Crabs! Those deep-sea beasties with hairy claws or chests! A new paper in Proceedings B led by Nicolai Roterman, the only person I know with a Yeti ...

New research has revealed that a hairy crustacean—dubbed "The Hoff crab" when it was discovered in 2010—is the first species in its family to show different claw characteristics between sexes. The ...

Discovered 2,500 metres deep, and named after former Baywatch star David Hasselhoff, these crabs live in one of the Earth’s most extreme habitats Discovered in the deep: meet Casper the ghostly ...

Scientists compiled all known population genetics studies of deep sea ecosystems, finding a paucity of research. The researchers warn that human impacts like pollution, fishing, and mining are ...