Methane-snacking crabs suggest they are adapting to climate change: report

VICTORIA — Crabs that have a normal diet of a type of plankton have been seen munching on methane-filled bacteria off B.C.’s coast in what experts say could be their way of adapting to climate change.
Researchers with Oceans Networks Canada and Oregon State University discovered the snow crabs using other food sources because their main meal may be disappearing with a warmer climate.
The crabs were previously thought to exclusively eat phytoplankton but researchers said in a study pu