When scientists deposited “Wavy Dave” the robot crab on a mudflat in Portugal, they hoped to learn more about how males compete for mates by waving their huge claws. But the little machine was ...

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

A tiny robot fiddler crab is helping environmental scientists better understand the complexities of animal mating rituals and rivalries. And while their initial findings published August 5 in ...

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

Between May and July 2022, Wilde and his team created "Wavy Dave," an artificial fiddler crab with a robotic claw that could ...

Scientists apparently underestimated the aggression of itty-bitty male fiddler crabs when they deployed a friendly robot ...

Using a 3D robotic crab, researchers found male fiddler crabs adjust their courtship signals based on the size and behavior of nearby rivals.

Wavy Dave’, a 3D-printed crustacean built by Exeter University, had a claw pulled off by competing males during studies in ...

A robot crab has helped scientists understand how male fiddler crabs compete over females. Male fiddler crabs have one oversized claw, and they attract females by standing outside their burrow and ...

Police in London braced for another day of demonstrations on Sunday as the war in Gaza continues to inflame tensions across ...

(NEXSTAR) – Welsh rock musician Dave Edmunds, perhaps best known for his hit version of “I Hear You Knocking,” is currently recovering from a “major cardiac arrest” he suffered last week, his wife ...

The Thunder Over the Waves Airshow debuts Sept. 5–6 in Wildwoods with 11 headliners, vintage aircraft, and 200K expected ...