Black Swallowtail butterfly caterpillar eating his molted skin for extra nutrition. The caterpillar is white with black and yellow ends (stripes). The caterpillar is horizontal in the frame, facing ...

Crabs must molt because their hard, calcified exoskeleton cannot grow with them. Before molting, they reabsorb calcium and weaken their old shell from the inside. During ecdysis, they painfully pull ...

These real Maryland style crab cakes are full of delicious lump crab, old bay seasoning and very little filler! These are the ...

Kat Thompson is the audience editor of Eater’s Southern California/Southwest region. I envy people who have access to fresh crab pretty much year round. In Los Angeles, we’re too far south to be able ...

In Northern California, the tradition of winter crab feeds, which started after the Gold Rush, endures in crustaceans feasts attended by thousands. Credit... Supported by By Laura M. Holson Reporting ...

Caterpillars shed their skin several times as they grow, and in the final stage of metamorphosis, they form their pupa (chrysalis). As the warm summer and spring suns arrives, it signals a change in ...