Crabs love to burrow, making them happy beach dwellers. Feeding Habits These scavenging critters are carnivorous by nature, but there are some pretty interesting differences in their overall ...

While the burrowing may seem unusual to us, it is actually a very normal part of the hermit crab life. They burrow for protection and safety during the molting period, which in some cases can take ...

Fiddler crabs burrowing beneath arid mangrove forests help bring beneficial bacteria to an ecosystem in dire need of nutrients. Plant growth in arid mangrove forests is limited by a lack of ...

Fiddler crabs burrowing beneath arid mangrove forests help bring beneficial bacteria to an ecosystem in dire need of nutrients. Plant growth in arid mangrove forests is limited by a lack of rainfall, ...

Make the brackish water. Fiddler crabs live in part saltwater, part freshwater environments. You will need to make special salted water for them in order to mimic their natural environment.

And there are no other burrowing crabs in this salt marsh, until now. So we wanted to test this idea. And what we found was that when fiddler crabs were present, they reduced the amount of grass ...

image: When fiddler crabs burrow into mangrove soils, they help to distribute nutrients and beneficial bacteria throughout the soil, as well as positively impacting soil salinity and pH. view more .