The Yeti crab isn’t your typical beach bum. Unlike its shallow-water cousins, it thrives in the extreme environment of ...

Male crabs of a species named after actor David Hasselhoff grow bigger claws than females so they can fight each other for a mate, according to a new study. Scientists from the universities of ...

"Water temperatures around the Antarctic are ... Cheliped sexual dimorphism and symmetry in deep-sea yeti crabs (Kiwaidae), PLOS ONE (2025). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0314320 ...

“Physical differences between males and females is a common feature of decapod crustaceans which live in shallow water ... team compared the Hoff crab with another yeti crab, the Kiwa puravida ...