If you are the curious type that likes to hop over tide pools and investigate puka, why not pause for a moment and take a deeper look into what you may find. There are many living animals you may not ...

Did you know that terrestrial hermit crabs socialize with each other? According to a recent study at the University of California at Berkeley, researchers discovered that hermit crabs congregate ...

The majority of land hermit crab species worldwide have used trash as shells, a new study found. But plastic can be dangerous for hermit crabs.

Hermit crabs are small crabs that carry shells on their backs, both for a home and for safety. But with shells being harder to find year after year, hermit crabs have had to spend more time in shells ...

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GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Hermit crabs are crustaceans with species that can live both on land and sea. They are best known for living in the shells of mollusks, since unlike most other crustaceans, ...

Photos of hermit crabs carrying plastic marine debris as their homes have spread widely as a symbolic image of the 'Anthropocene,' an era where humanity has a massive impact on the global environment, ...

FLOYD, Va. – A Floyd woman has worked decades to figure out her life, but little did she know it would be a hermit crab that would help her claw her way to her purpose. Mary Akers, 57, is a hermit ...

Hermit crabs have long been billed as low-maintenance animals, the harried parent’s alternative to a hamster. They were first sold in the U.S. to tourists at a souvenir shop in West Palm Beach, ...