If you take proper care of them, a hermit crab can be your companion for many years. It’s important that you have all the supplies to safely welcome home your new hermit crab. The most important ...

A growing hermit crab is always on the lookout for a bigger shell, and when an appropriately sized shelter isn't readily available, these crustaceans sometimes have to make do with whatever ...

A new paper in the journal Royal Society Interface poses an intriguing ... He's been studying the behavior of a particular species of hermit crab, Coenobita compressus, for the last decade.

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 ...

They will, however, fight other hermit crabs for a vacant shell. Some steps a hermit crab will take to select a new shell include testing the shell for moveability, looking at the texture ...

Angela Sayre, the founder of Crustacean Plantation, a nonprofit dedicated to crab conservation and rehabilitation, captured the clip A hermit crab rescuer is sharing a rare look at the fascinating ...