Say hello to Strawberry Claws, a large new-to-science species of hermit crab recently described by Queensland Museum ...

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 ...

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It was an unusual discovery. As the mercury soared to triple digits last October in Yuma, Arizona, a hermit crab later named “Hermie” was found near a drip irrigation line in a state park—a victim of ...

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 ...

Onlookers dodged flying chunks of pumpkin guts as a 1,500-pound pumpkin transformed into a hermit crab during an event ...

Remember to use your radar and compass. && CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. -- Hermit crabs are common on Delmarva, often sold as a novelty at gift shops near the beach. One woman on Chincoteauge Island is ...

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.

Scientists build clever contraptions to study animal behavior like the hermit crab housing market. In his quest to understand the hermit crab housing market, biologist Mark Laidre of Dartmouth ...

Their tradition is a long one: each spring they head out to live on the islands, only returning to the larger coastal island of Vega after a hermit-like, and very frugal, 70 or so days.

These crabs are very quarrelsome and will fight desperately, especially if two specimens be ejected from their habitation and one of the shells removed. View Full Article in Timesmachine ...

Their tradition is a long one: each spring they head out to live on the islands, only returning to the larger coastal island of Vega after a hermit-like, and very frugal, 70 or so days. Wits, ...