It was in February that Vi Dung came to know about the new trend of having colorful freshwater crabs as pets. The 23-year-old long time aquarist from the northern province of Lao Cai discovered this ...

Shimmering carapaces and rattling claws make colourful freshwater crabs attractive to pet keepers. To answer the demand, fishermen are busy collecting and trading with the crustaceans, often not ...

Three researchers led by Chao Huang recently scored big when they together visited a Chinese pet store in search of interesting creatures. In this case, they were looking at the crabs the store had to ...

Shimmering carapaces make crabs attractive to pet owners. To answer the growing demand, fishermen collect and trade crustaceans, often not knowing what exactly they have handed over to their clients.

Colorful freshwater crabs make attractive pets, and are being increasingly traded in South China’s pet fish markets, researchers say. At one such market, researchers collected a new species of ...

Hermit crabs are fascinating creatures and keeping them as pets offers a deep insight into the natural world. They are hardy and low maintenance with simple care needs but aren’t the best pets for ...