Imagine this: you’re dining in a restaurant, and they spill a meal in front of you with the whole soft shell crab, golden and crispy, staring back at you. It’s not just the meat it’s the whole dang ...

All this week we’ve brought you the series “Claws and Effect,” a deep dive on the crabs of the Chesapeake Bay, taking a look at crabs and the crab industry in its present iteration and in the future.

To view a slideshow from the Rustic Inn, click here. Fenton Stanley Ridgeway III hunches over a stack of Maryland-style blue crabs at Riggins Crabhouse in Lantana. He’s dismantling the crabs like a ...

Numerous crab houses in and near Delaware offer various dining experiences, from all-you-can-eat specials to crabs sold by the dozen. Prices for crabs fluctuate based on size and market availability, ...