13 Facts About Jocelyn Crane

Jocelyn Crane, aka Jocelyn Crane Griffin, was an American carcinologist, most famous for her research on the fiddler crab and her work with the New York Zoological Society's Department of Tropical Research.

Jocelyn Crane was educated at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, graduating with a zoology degree in 1930.

Jocelyn Crane continued to produce valuable scientific work with the department and turned her attention to the study of copepods.

Jocelyn Crane was still studying crabs, in particular the genus Uca.

In 1944, Jocelyn Crane traveled again to Venezuela in order to find a place suitable for a new station of the Department of Tropical Research.

Jocelyn Crane managed both the Venezuela and Trinidad stations for the department.

William Beebe died on June 4,1962, and Jocelyn Crane was appointed as Director of the department, with the NYZS Annual Report that year noting that Jocelyn Crane had "accomplished much brilliant work advancing [the department's] purposes".

Jocelyn Crane remained in this post until 1966 when she became administrator of the William Beebe Tropical Research Station.

Jocelyn Crane retired from NYZS in 1971 but continued to have close associations with the Society by continuing to conduct research on fiddler crabs, and she published her seminal work Fiddler Crabs of the World in 1975.

Jocelyn Crane retained the fiddler crab specimens until her book was published in 1975.

Jocelyn Crane traveled extensively around the world, both for her scientific work and her own personal travels, often publishing accounts and articles connected to research undertaken during these trips.

Jocelyn Crane was awarded an honorary Master of Science degree by Smith College in 1947 to honor her "studies of animals in their natural environment".

In 1965, Crane married Donald R Griffin, with whom she worked at the Institute for Research in Animal Behavior.