Scientists apparently underestimated the aggression of tiny male fiddler crabs when they deployed a friendly robot version in ...

Researchers test fiddler crab mating strategies by introducing a robot with a waving claw, dubbed “Wavy Dave.” CNN speaks to ...

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

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

The male fiddler crabs use their one oversized claw to attract females, waving it with a frantic energy outside their burrows ...

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, ...

Between May and July 2022, Wilde and his team created “Wavy Dave,” an artificial fiddler crab with a robotic claw that could wave back and forth. It was placed in the Ria Formosa Natural Park in the ...

Fiddler crabs are small crabs found in the tidal zones in northern Australia. The males have a large yellow claw which can be used as a weapon. In the breeding season, males gather and wave their ...

Jennions and fellow ANU researchers Richard Milner and Patricia Backwell studied the behavior of fiddler crabs living in mud flats off the African country of Mozambique in October and November ...