The term fiddler crab refers to around 100 species and subspecies of crabs from the genus Uca. They are found along beaches and brackish (a mixture of saltwater and freshwater) waterways around the ...

Male fiddler crabs are lopsided, with one claw that seems about the right size and one very large claw. As you might expect, one function of the larger claw is to attract females. The males drum with ...

A fiddler crab is a crab species from the genus Uca. They are native to brackish environments, which are made of part freshwater and part saltwater, all over the world. Fiddler crabs get their name ...

Uca pugnax says, "On guard blasphemer!" Image from fiddlercrab.info. Everyone knows that all crabs moult. Its no secret. When you wear you skeleton on the outside, its difficult to find the room to ...

The lowly fiddler crab is finally going uptown. After centuries of waving its so-called big claw an inch above the muck of the marsh, the busy little characters are going to Bluffton to do what the ...