The study measuring whether crabs felt pain was first published in Biology in October 2024. In it, scientists measured brain activity in crabs exposed to potentially painful stimuli. By attaching ...

Since the inclusion of decapod crustaceans in Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022, campaigners have waited for stronger legal protections to follow, protection that still hasn’t arrived, despite ...

A recent study commissioned by the United Kingdom confirms what Swiss scientists determined in 2018: lobsters, crabs, and octopuses are sentient creatures. This means crustaceans and cephalopods can ...

Crabs can feel pain when they are boiled alive during conventional food preparation —- as do other shellfish like lobsters, according to a new study. Zoologists from Sweden’s University of Gothenburg ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - From his fishing camp and lodge along Grandpaw Bayou in lower Plaquemines Parish, Watson Perrin doesn’t have to go far to get fresh crabs. The crab traps are attached by a ...

Foodie Bethany Gaskin announces a live crab and lobster boil happening tonight. Voices: We should be ashamed of ourselves for casting Jennifer Aniston into a role she never wanted ...

As the lid was lifted from a bushel of live crabs, Justin Rowland had only one piece of advice for the dozen or so middle schoolers trying to get a glimpse of the squirming crustaceans. “Careful, ...