If you have ever looked closely into a rockpool along the U.K. coastline, you may have been lucky enough to find a tiny hermit crab scuttling about. What you might not realize is that hermit crabs are ...

The analysis revealed that the bolder hermit crabs have more sensilla located on the claw’s surface. Additionally, more sensilla appears to make the crab determine that the surrounding environment ...

A hermit crab will change shells once it outgrows the current one it’s inhabiting. During a process called molting, which typically occurs once every 12 to 18 months for adult hermit crabs, but ...

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 ...

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.

A new species of hermit crab with crimson bumps on its claws was caught in a trawling net off Australia. It can make noise like a cicada. World Ocean creature — with ‘strawberry’ limbs ...

There are numerous hermit crab genera with species spread all over the world – one or two of them even spend some of their time in trees. The thing that sets them apart from other crustaceans is ...