Benji Jones (Vox) writes, “Not all heroes wear capes. Some are crabs.” [This is the third story in a Vox series about the bleaching crisis in Florida. The series is supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center.] With giant pincers and rough, spider-like legs, Caribbean king crabs don’t look like your typical heroes. Yet these…
Jason Spadaro, a marine ecologist at the Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium, holds a large Caribbean king crab. | Jennifer Adler Not all heroes wear capes.…
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Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium celebrated the official opening of its Florida Coral Reef Restoration Crab Hatchery Research Center Monday as the first fully operational Caribbean king crab hatchery that will aid in efforts to save Florida’s coral reefs.