Whether served in tacos, with pasta or on their own, we love tucking into a plate of juicy shrimp. We mean prawns. Or wait, what do we mean? Crustaceans can be confounding. And while we wish the ...

Prawns (for all you scientists, they are a suborder of the dendrobranchiata) and shrimp are generally used interchangeably, but that’s not exactly accurate. Yes, both prawns and shrimp have 10 legs ...

The Chronicle Food staff informally tasted 11 varieties of shrimp, the number that we found in markets last week. The shopping process underscored the lesson that shrimp are wild, seasonal food, and ...

ALMOST offhandedly, Tommy Pearson points across the ocean toward the horizon: “Look at all those birds, must be some dolphins coming.” Sure enough, a couple of minutes later we’re in the midst of a ...

Giant tiger prawns from southeast Asia may be gaining a foothold in the Gulf of Mexico, threatening to push out prized native shrimp and spread disease. More of the tiger prawns — a sudden increase ...

When it comes down to their biology, both shrimp and prawns are decapods, meaning they're crustaceans with ten legs. Shrimp, the more petite crustacean, live in saltwater. There are a few small but ...

Shrimp have developed a reputation as the appetizers of the sea. They’re an ideal finger food, easily dipped into cocktail sauce, and if you eat enough of them, it can constitute a meal. Shrimp is ...