Crabs can feel pain when they are boiled alive during conventional food preparation —- as do other shellfish like lobsters, according to a new study. Zoologists from Sweden’s University of Gothenburg ...

The study measuring whether crabs felt pain was first published in Biology in October 2024. In it, scientists measured brain activity in crabs exposed to potentially painful stimuli. By attaching ...

A video that went viral online recently showed a woman preparing two blue crabs by putting them in an air fryer. It sparked anger among viewers who said the live crabs were being tortured. The video’s ...

Scientists called for humane ways to handle crabs, lobsters, and other shellfish in the kitchen after showing for the first time that crustaceans indeed feel pain. Boiling lobsters and crabs alive has ...

Cleaning a crab is very quick and easy. Today I'd like to share with you how to clean a crab, using a blue crab as an example ...

Cooking crabs is not rocket science, but how you care for them and handle them can be the difference between a great meal and maybe a trip to the emergency room. Never cook a dead crab. If in doubt, ...