If you close your eyes and think of a crab, you might picture a round, flat body. Big front claws and multiple sets of scuttling small legs. A hard outer shell. That's the form that seems to be ...

A Chinese mitten crab was caught in the Lower Columbia River this week, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife reported, the first confirmed sighting of the the prohibited species in the ...

Oregon wildlife officials are warning that a highly invasive species of crab has been spotted for the first time in the Pacific Northwest. According to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife ...

Washington will soon have another tool to support long-term management for one of the highest-priority invasive species, European green crab, thanks to additional state funding dedicated to ...

Oregon and Washington wildlife officials are asking people to keep an eye out for hairy-clawed mitten crabs in the Columbia River. In April, a commercial fisher caught a Chinese mitten crab along ...