Christmas Island Road Traffic Halted Over Red Crab Migration, Everything Is Fine

Road traffic on Christmas Island has been stopped this week after millions of red crabs have begun their migration to the ocean. The protected species is unique to the island, and it does this migration every year, but 2021 has seen millions of arthropods crawling across Christmas Island. Fortunately, this phenomenon is normal, and it is a part of a yearly migration for the species, which deposits its eggs into the ocean. As biologists e... (continue reading...)