Here’s a great cheer for any cheerleading boxer crabs planning to watch the Super Bowl this weekend: 2! 4! 6! 8! I force anemones to propagate! 3! 5! 7! 9! Don’t even think about stealin’ mine! Just ...

Crabs are a diverse bunch of crustaceans. Some, like the pea crab, are parasites so small that they spend their lives hiding inside oyster shells. Others are huge. The largest of Japanese spider crabs ...

The boxer crab uses tiny anemones as miniature boxing gloves, one on each front claw. This is known as a mutually symbiotic relationship in the marine world. If the crab loses one of its anemone ...

If you're a pom-pom boxer crab, you'll often need to fight to stay alive. When the bell rings, you'll need your anemone to pack some extra sting. Don't have one? Just steal a bit from a friend and ...

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If you're a pom-pom boxer crab, you'll often need to fight to stay alive. When the bell rings, you'll need your anemone to pack some extra sting. Don't have one? Just steal a bit from a friend and ...

"Pom-pom" or "boxer" crabs hold sea anemones in their claws and will duke it out with other crabs to protect their anemones or gain a new one, new research shows. The crabs then induce the anemones to ...

Keep your friends close but your anemones closer. Boxer crabs have this lesson down pat. In each claw, these miniscule crabs hold even smaller anemones. It’s these accessories that give the ...

In an environment as vast and extreme as the world’s oceans, survival of the fittest takes on new meaning. That’s probably why cooperation is the name of the game for many of the more vulnerable ...

In an environment as vast and extreme as the world’s oceans, survival of the fittest takes on new meaning. That’s probably why cooperation is the name of the game for many of the more vulnerable ...