Recent studies hint that crabs, lobsters, and other crustaceans experience pain and discomfort in ways we hadn't fully understood before.

Anyone who has ever been in the same room as a lobster boiling knows the distinctive sound of its scream as it’s cooked alive. The sound is not actually a scream — lobsters do not have vocal cords — ...

Whole cooked lobsters in pot of water - Ozgur Coskun/Getty Images It's time to make like David Foster Wallace and consider the lobster. They were once so common in the waters of New England that local ...

The Atlantic Food Channel has an interesting piece on crustacean rights that comes just weeks after Fork in the Road posted a recipe for barbecued lobster, which sparked a lively debate over just how ...

Key points Research shows that marine animals feel pain and are capable of making complex and conscious decisions. Observation of these creatures in their natural environment can help close the ...

Emma Dauster: Writer Attabey Rodríguez Benítez: Script Editor Luke Rosener: Fact Checker Bonnie Meyer: Managing Editor Savannah Geary: Editor, Associate Producer, Host Sarah Suta: Producer Caitlin ...

Lobsters that end up on the plate will soon get there somewhat differently in England. The UK government on Monday announced ...

Animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has lodged a lawsuit against one of the largest seafood events in the U.S., calling it an "egregious" display of "torture and ...

Discovered: Those crustaceans you're eating probably do feel pain after all; sleeping sickness carried by animals; let's look for aliens on moons instead of planets; new tick-transmitted disease.

The live boiling of crustaceans such as lobsters, crabs, shrimp and prawns is due to be banned in the UK due to animal ...

Of all the people who should be capable of shedding light on the underwater world, it’s scuba divers. Indeed, many scuba divers become advocates of protecting the ocean. This is because they ...