Male fiddler crabs have one dramatically larger claw that they use during mating rituals and to fight rivals. A tiny robot fiddler crab is helping environmental scientists better understand the ...

Scientists apparently underestimated the aggression of itty-bitty male fiddler crabs when they deployed a friendly robot version during mating season. In a paper published in the journal ...

A robot crab called "Wavy Dave" has helped scientists learn about crab mating behaviors. Male fiddler crabs have one oversized claw, which they use to attract females by standing outside their ...

SYDNEY — In the world of fiddler crabs, the best form of protection is, apparently, prostitution, according to an Australian study published Wednesday. Researchers from the Australian National ...

Scientists apparently underestimated the aggression of tiny male fiddler crabs when they deployed a friendly robot version in their territory.

Researchers have made an exciting discovery on the Hong Kong coast. They have identified two fiddler crab species: Tubuca dussumieri, previously recorded in old literature but never confirmed in ...

Male fiddler crabs have one oversized claw, which they use to attract females by standing outside their burrow and waving. The post Scientists use robot crab ‘Wavy Dave’ to study fiddler crab ...

At one point, he came across online fiddler crab schematics, which he then adapted for a tiny machine that could wave its claw via Bluetooth controls. Thus, Wavy Dave was born.