Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prepare crab cakes, gumbo, and more with the beautiful savory swimmer. Matt Taylor-Gross / Food Styling by Barrett Washburne Blue ...

Southerners love crabs—and we have plenty of delicious crab recipes to prove it. From crab cakes to claws to legs to salad, we can't get enough of this delicate, luxurious seafood. But when it comes ...

From crispy lumpia to creamy macaroni salad, these dishes celebrate the sweetness and versatility of South Florida’s favorite crustacean.

Blue crabs are plentiful in the Indian and Halifax Rivers and can be caught using traps with chicken necks. The Halifax Sport Fishing Club is hosting a free "Merry Fishmas" kids fishing event on ...

WHAT SMELLS REMIND YOU of childhood summers? The sulfury smoke of a sparkler that just burned out? The nostril-stinging water at the public pool, loaded with enough chlorine to strip paint? Maybe it’s ...

A recent Maryland trip taught me how essential blue crabs are in the Old Line State. On the chalkboard menu at Crabtowne USA, a fantastic sports bar in the Baltimore suburb of Glen Burnie, a dozen ...

Marylanders and visitors love the blue crab as a seafood delicacy, but they chose it as the state crustacean for more than that. It’s a species that reflects the working life, history, and ecology of ...

This week, WTOP takes you from the bottom of the bay to the picnic table in our four-part series Claws and Effect: The murky future of the Chesapeake Bay blue crab. Listen on air and read it online.