Researchers have built a robot crab that can compete in claw-waving displays with real fiddler crabs, but "Wavy Dave" doesn't ...

Wavy Dave the robot crustacean has been showing scientists how male fiddler crabs respond when they see a fellow crab waving.

A tiny robot fiddler crab is helping environmental scientists better understand the complexities of animal mating rituals and ...

In the new study, a robot crab—nicknamed Wavy Dave—waved its claw on a mudflat teeming with male fiddler crabs. The paper, ...

Male fiddler crabs have one oversized claw, which they use to attract females by standing outside their burrow and waving.

A study using a robotic crab has revealed how male fiddler crabs compete for mates. These crustaceans vie for the attention ...