Crabs Are Producing Nanoplastics That Could Quickly Move Into the Seafood We Eat, Study Finds

The research underscores growing concerns about how ultra-small plastic particles move through marine ecosystems and into ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Crabs are churning out nanoplastics that could invade your seafood

Fiddler crabs living in polluted mangrove sediments are swallowing microplastic particles and physically grinding them into nanoplastics, a peer-reviewed field experiment has found. The study, ...
NPR

This week in science: Drumming crabs, lab-made nuggets and LSD without the trip

NPR science podcast Short Wave brings us the stories of how Fiddler crabs drum their mating songs into the sand, growing chicken nuggets in the lab, and a drug like LSD — without the trip. It's time ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

Fiddler on the hoof: As ocean warms, small crab extends range into New Hampshire, Maine

This story was originally produced by the New Hampshire Bulletin, an independent local newsroom that allows NHPR and other outlets to republish its reporting. David Johnson had been working in the ...