The analysis revealed that the bolder hermit crabs have more sensilla located on the claw’s surface. Additionally, more ...

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

Revealing Video Captures Rare Moment Hermit Crab Changes Shells and Unveils Its Hidden Lower Body Angela Sayre, the founder of Crustacean Plantation, a nonprofit dedicated to crab conservation and ...

Finally, the crab will turn the shell upside down to make sure it can right itself again. While hermit crabs might be popular pets to bring back from the beach, the hermit crab pet business is ...

Soft-bodied critters called penis worms inhabited abandoned shells — a la modern-day hermit crabs — by about 500 million years ago, a study suggests.

Researchers say plastic debris has caused the deaths of more than half a million hermit crabs on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and the similarly remote Henderson Island.

Hermit crabs are a decapod crustacean, meaning they have 10 (deca-) legs (pods) along with a hardened exoskeleton or shell. There are about 800 species worldwide with 11 found in Florida.

They’re much like the common hermit crab but instead of shells they trim living sponges and create a coat out of it. The fuzzy new species is part of the sponge crab family and has been named ...

This hermit crab lives inside a toothpaste cap as though it's perfectly natural If you thought the little crustaceans were only found in their own natural homes, think again with these pictures.

Lobsters, octopus and crabs will be recognized as sentient beings in the U.K. after new research suggested they have a central nervous system and can feel pain. ... crayfish and hermit crabs.

The hermit crab forced to live in a toothpaste lid: Heartbreaking images show the devastating impact of Earth's pollution. Hermit crabs are turning to metal bottle caps and bulb fragments to call home ...