invention Vehicle outfitted with "shoes" to avoid crushing Christmas Island crabs Rusty Blazenhoff

florida Florida homes invaded by scurrying onslaught of land crabs David Pescovitz

crabs This chair is weaponized ugly Jason Weisberger

breakouts A bunch of live crabs broke out of a box on a luggage carousel and hilarity ensued Mark Frauenfelder

bad ideas Restaurant shamed for using live crabs in claw machine Mark Frauenfelder

In search of How coconut crabs may have absconded with Amelia Earhart's skeleton Clive Thompson

delightful microcosms Man collects sand, seawater, and seaweed in a jar, and a year later the jar is teeming with life Mark Frauenfelder

science fiction Exclusive excerpt of Rudy Rucker's new novel: Million Mile Road Trip Mark Frauenfelder

ignorance is bliss Watch: Tourist in Australia picks up a "pretty octopus," not realizing he could die in minutes if stung Carla Sinclair

Science Watch this cuttlefish hypnotize a crab (and maybe you, too) Andrea James

Kids Watch this albino stingray glide gracefully beneath the waves Andrea James

happy mutants You've Got Crabs: a party-game from the creators of Exploding Kittens Cory Doctorow

Food Foraging on a beach in Wales Rob Beschizza

picks Scuba diver has been visiting the same fish nearly every day for 30 years Mark Frauenfelder

architecture Book documents repurposed Pizza Huts worldwide Andrea James

Science More than 20,000 dead fish mysteriously washed up in Nova Scotia David Pescovitz

happy mutants Chimeric, horrific, cuddly stuffed animals Cory Doctorow