Giant, Ancient Crabs Live Beneath Rome, and Conservationists Stand Behind Them: ‘They Deserve to be Saved’
These giant freshwater crabs could be your new Roman Empire. In 2005, archaeologists studying the Forum of Trajan, a historic Roman ruin site, discovered an ancient species of crab, Potamon fluvial. The only freshwater crab species native to Italy. Researchers suspect that the crab has been in the region since ancient times, long before people … Read more