Latest Lobsters News

Just how rare is a rare-colored lobster? Scientists say answer could be under the shell

Sep. 07, 2024 17:18 PM EDT

BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) — Orange, blue, calico, two-toned and ... cotton-candy colored? Those are all the hues of lobsters that have showed up in fishers' traps, supermarket seafood tanks and scientists' laboratories over the last year. The funky-colored crustaceans inspire headlines...

Game of inches: Lobster fishermen say tiny change in legal sizes could disrupt imperiled industry

Aug. 14, 2024 18:57 PM EDT

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Gerry Cushman has seen Maine's iconic lobster industry survive numerous threats in his three decades on the water, but the latest challenge — which might sound tiny — could be the biggest one yet. Lobster fishing is a game of inches, and the number of...

Meet Crush, the rare orange lobster diverted from dinner plate to aquarium by Denver Broncos fans

Jul. 18, 2024 23:42 PM EDT

The Downtown Aquarium in Denver has a new resident — a rare orange lobster that was rescued from a shipment of crustaceans delivered to a Red Lobster restaurant in Pueblo, Colorado. A long-term employee who is a dishwasher and head biscuit maker spotted the bright orange lobster...