October brings two of Southwest Florida's favorite things: cooler weather and stone crabs. Stone crab season kicked off Wednesday, Oct. 15, and will be here for another shell-cracking 6½ months.

It’s Grant Phelan’s favorite time of the year. And for good reason. Stone crab season kicked off Wednesday, Oct. 15, and will be here for another shell-cracking 6½ months. “Stone crabs are here, the ...

Legendary South Beach restaurant Joe’s Stone Crab’s season began two days ago, and we’re sure the local institution has already served hundreds of decadent, tender crab claws since then. And although ...

Everglades City, Florida, is known as the "Stone Crab Capital of the World." Stone crab season runs from October 15 to May 1, with strict harvesting rules to maintain the population. Stone crabs are a ...

This week, WTOP takes you from the bottom of the bay to the picnic table in our four-part series Claws and Effect: The murky future of the Chesapeake Bay blue crab. Listen on air and read it online.