Hermit crabs may be just what you’re looking for! These fascinating crustaceans are fun to observe and relatively easy to ...

It’s not surprising to learn that hermit crabs live their happiest lives when they’re in habitats that closely mimic their ...

What is a hermit crab? There are over 800 species of hermit crabs worldwide, and almost all are ocean dwellers—though people are likely most familiar with the dozen semi-terrestrial species ...

While some crabs may end up in the care of a small contingent of dedicated hermit crab aficionados able to meet the crabs’ physical and behavioral needs, the majority are purchased as novelties and ...

The vast majority of the items the researchers saw the hermit crabs using in the photographs were made of plastic Hermit crabs all over the world, which scavenge shells as armour for their bodies ...

One morning on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, photographer Steve Simonsen captures thousands of hermit crabs migrating 5 Record-Breaking Bird Migrations (02:56) Pesto the Enormous, Viral King ...

Researchers said they found 526 hermit crabs had been trapped inside one container An estimated 570,000 hermit crabs have been killed after being trapped in plastic debris, a new study has said.

The sea creature was brought to the Queensland Museum for a closer look, where researchers discovered it was a species of hermit crab that had never been discovered before. “We knew straight ...