Land hermit crabs have been using plastic pollution instead of shells. ... Shell selection. Hermit crabs are an excellent model organism to study because they behave in many different ways, ...

Shell selection. Hermit crabs are an excellent model organism to study because they behave in many different ways and those differences can be easily measured.

Hermit Crabs Are Using Trash as Shells Across the World, ... “At the same time, I think we really need to understand the fact that we are living in a different era, ...

Intrigued — and somewhat concerned — researchers scoured the internet for images of hermit crabs using human trash instead of natural shells, the study said. They found almost 400 examples.

Hermit crabs scavenge for shells to protect their bodies. Credit: Shawn Miller Hermit crab species are increasingly choosing to use discarded plastic waste as a protective armour for their bodies ...

Intrigued — and somewhat concerned — researchers scoured the internet for images of hermit crabs using human trash instead of natural shells, the study said. They found almost 400 examples.

In hermit crab world, shells are a prized commodity. One that's worth fighting to the death for. Well, maybe not to the death. But it's still pretty violent by hermit crab standards.

If you have ever looked closely into a rockpool along the U.K. coastline, you may have been lucky enough to find a tiny ...

Shell selection. Hermit crabs are an excellent model organism to study because they behave in many different ways and those differences can be easily measured.