The population of juvenile blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay is "regulated" by ... adult blue crabs

Cannibalism, predation, and refuges of juvenile blue crabs from a 37-year experiment https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2533461123

#science #ecology #crab #ChesapeakeBay

DFO investigating video of sailors bragging about giant crab catch near Vancouver
Parts of Vancouver's harbour are off-limits to crabbing, and while the men say they have stopped in "Vancouver, Canada," it's not clear exactly where the vessel is anchored.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/dungeness-crab-video-vancouver-9.7132011?cmp=rss

We are looking forward to the LED3 Lecture by Thomas Clairfeuille from the Roche Innovation Center on March 26th. He will talk about "The discovery and mechanism of lipid transport inhibition by the antibiotic Zosurabalpin".

If you are interested, make sure to come by!

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/science/led3/led3-lectures

#ChemBio #Chemistry #Antibiotics #DrugDiscovery #CRAB

| Crab Spider
Superfamily Thomisoidea
Order Araneae

#spider #crab
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66944706

I will never understand people who look at this and think "food!"

๐Ÿ“ท Nikon D750 / Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 / February 2018

On Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/djwudi/40481589951/

#photography #nikon #d750 #nikkor #50mmf14 #crab #KingCrab