Golden ghost crabs go after hatchlings during western Australia’s nesting season. “Previous studies are mostly limited to evidence of loggerhead turtle nest disturbances and egg counts,” said Casper ...

Ocypode convexa commonly known as the golden ghost crab in endemic to the west coast of Australia. Image supplied: Dr Casper Avenant, Edith Cowan University. Research by Edith Cowan University and the ...

The Atlantic ghost crab uses teeth in its stomach to produce guttural growls when danger nears. Hans Hillewaert via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 When threatened, Ocypode quadrata—a ...

DESTIN, Fla. (WKRG) — The City of Destin is stepping up its ‘Leave No Trace’ initiative by giving residents and visitors free red-filtered flashlights to use on local beaches. Red filtered flashlights ...

This hatchling was saved from the claws of a ghost crab during Tropical Storm Debby. Members of the Sea Turtle Conservation Project Project, who rescued it, named it Little Debby after the storm. Beth ...

DESTIN, Fla. (WKRG) — The summer tourist season is about to start on the Emerald Coast. Prior to millions of visitors packing the beaches, marine animals that call this area home will be coming ashore ...

If you have ever been to the beach, you may have a caught a glimpse of something scurrying swiftly across the sand and into a hole. What you might have seen is called a ghost crab. Ghost crabs are ...

By Mongabay.com In Sri Lankan waters, there’s a growing problem of ghost nets that are entangling sea turtles, fish, dolphins ...

As of June 13, nearly 940 sea turtle nests had been identified along Georgia’s coast. One egg from each of those nests has been split open and emptied into a test tube. All that data contributes to ...