The Northern Territory's mud crab industry will temporarily shut down after a fisheries assessment found stock numbers had fallen below a "trigger point".

Mud crabs are considered a prized delicacy in the northern states of Australia, particularly in Queensland where they are relatively common, as are crab pots, the method used to catch them. But Beau ...

A pair of tasty-looking crabs turned into escape artists outside a grocery store in Australia, video shows. Harrison Usher was walking past Munchy’s Asian Grocery store in Darwin when he spotted the ...

I once had a dish like this on a boat in Sydney, made with Australian mud crabs, but it works very well with our brown crabs. The more I make it the more it veers towards a Sichuan-style dish; Sichuan ...

‘HOW do you know there are no crocs in here?” I ask Vincent, knowing full well that Western Australia’s mangrove swamps are prime crocodile habitat. “You just get a feeling,” he replies, adjusting his ...

June 28 (UPI) --A daredevil wildlife expert in Australia was filmed diving head-first into a mud hole and emerging with a massive mud crab he caught bare-handed. Beau Greaves posted a video to ...

It is not everyone's idea of sport – the competitors are cranky and like to bite. But what other sport starts with a fishing trip in the waters of the King Sound and culminates with the racers being ...

An annual solo trip into the Australian Outback. Living on fish, crabs, coconuts and mud muscles.

Based on information from commercial catches of mud crabs (Scylla serrata) in northern Australia, 3 stages in male maturity were identified. The first transition between these stages occurred from ...