A super rare, blue lobster escapes the dinner plate
Aug 26, 2025 · A new resident is making a splash at Northeastern University’s Marine Science Center—Neptune, the blue lobster. Neptune is a super special shellfish: The odds of catching a …
One in 100 million cotton candy lobster caught in New Hampshire
Jul 31, 2024 · Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. A rare cotton candy lobster was the catch of the day recently off the coast of New Castle, New Hampshire.
Rare 1-in-30-million calico lobster makes her spooky debut
Oct 14, 2025 · Meet Jackie (short for jack-o’-lantern), a rare orange and black lobster making her debut at Northeastern University’s Marine Science Center in Nahant, Massachusetts.
No one knows if lobsters feel pain, which makes boiling them alive ...
Jan 17, 2018 · Starting in March 2018, it will be considered an act of animal cruelty to boil a lobster alive in Switzerland. The Swiss will need to stun or kill animals before boiling them, and lobsters...
American lobster put on ‘red list’ | Popular Science
Sep 8, 2022 · Lobster fishing can seriously injure North Atlantic right whales—so the tasty crustacean has been 'red-listed.'
Why blue animals are so rare in nature - Popular Science
Jun 25, 2024 · In May, a fisherman in southern England found an azure-hued lobster in one of its traps. Rather than risk the lobster ending up on a dinner plate, the specimen was donated to a local aquarium.
11 weird, groundbreaking, and cute animal stories from 2024
Dec 25, 2024 · In July, a lobsterman fishing off the coast of New Castle, New Hampshire found a candy-colored lobster. The crustacean was donated to the Seacoast Science Center, a marine science …
It doesn’t matter how many legs the new lobster emoji has
Feb 22, 2018 · Sometime later this year, 157 new emojis will grace your phone or computer, and one of them will be a lobster.
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New colorful species of crayfish discovered in aquarium shipment
Jan 13, 2025 · They uncovered a species of the lobster-like crustacean that is completely new to science. This species is called the dusty crayfish (Cherax pulverulentus) and is described in a study …