Sensitive Claws Make Hermit Crabs Bolder If you have ever looked closely into a rockpool along the UK coastline, you may have been lucky enough to find a tiny hermit crab scuttling about. What you ...

Researchers from the University of Plymouth explored how differences in the sensory abilities of hermit crabs influenced how long it took them to recover after being startled. In one ...

In one local species of hermit crab, tiny hair-like structures – otherwise known as sensilla – on the claws appear to be important in gathering information about their surroundings, including the ...

Home to over 3% of the world’s reef area—the seventh largest globally—the Maldives is built on coral. Literally. More than 2,000 coral formations, 1,100 species of fish, and 180 types of coral[1] form ...

The annual Blue Crab Advisory Report includes analysis of data from the 2024–25 Winter Dredge Survey, which estimates the blue crab population in the Bay through comprehensive surveys, according ...

You can swim with manta rays and whale sharks year-round at Radisson Blu Resort Maldives in the remote South Ari Atoll ...

Two titans of the tide go claw-to-claw in a rematch you don’t want to miss! It’s the ultimate crustacean clash as the hermit crab and mantis shrimp face off in a battle for dominance beneath ...

BAY VIEW, Skagit County — On a cloudy Friday morning, a group of volunteers huddled on the shore of the Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, peering over Angelica Lucchetto’s shoulder at ...