The lobster population has crashed to the lowest levels on record in southern New England while climbing to heights never before seen in the cold waters off Maine and other northern reaches—a geographic shift that scientists ...
Ecology
Aug 18, 2015
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The growth and molting rates of juvenile lobsters are likely to decrease significantly as the oceans become increasingly acidic from climate change, making the animals more vulnerable to predation and leading to fewer adult ...
Ecology
Apr 2, 2015
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Recent research conducted by Dalhousie University's Faculty of Agriculture indicates a high prevalence of a green crab pathogen now being found in lobsters in some Atlantic Canadian locations. The pathogen, a primary pathogen ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 24, 2015
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A recent study conducted in the waters of Glover's Reef Marine Reserve in Belize by the Wildlife Conservation Society and its partners has revealed good news for spiny lobsters: the abundance of these commercially valuable ...
Ecology
Feb 2, 2015
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A lobsterman says one of his traps caught a one-in-two-million crustacean: a blue lobster.
Plants & Animals
Aug 25, 2014
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(AP)—A fisherman has caught a rare lobster that's bright orange with dark blue spots.
Plants & Animals
Jul 30, 2014
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Scientists have long believed that lobster-like crustaceans first appeared on planet Earth about 360 million years ago. But FIU marine scientist Heather Bracken-Grissom contends the ancestor of our favorite mealtime decapod ...
Evolution
Feb 26, 2014
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The commercial value of spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) in the Caribbean reaches $1 billion annually, thus making it one of the most valuable fisheries in the region. In a new study of this iconic species, Ph.D. candidate ...
Ecology
Jun 13, 2013
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Overfishing has reduced fish populations and biodiversity across much of the world's oceans. In response, fisheries are increasingly reliant on a handful of highly valuable shellfish. However, new research by the University ...
Ecology
May 20, 2013
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Researchers have made some significant breakthroughs in understanding the early growth and survival of Australia's most valuable single-species fishery, the western rock lobster.
Plants & Animals
Apr 10, 2013
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