On the shores of Okinawa, Japan, an American photographer witnessed something amazing. Hermit crabs were crawling into ...
When wildlife photographer Shawn Miller discovered Okinawa's hermit crabs living in plastic bottle caps instead of shells, he ...
Scientists found that plastic pollution is leading hermit crabs to use human trash instead of natural shells, a study said and photos show. Photo from Shawn Miller via Jagiello, Dylewski and Szulkin ...
In the animal kingdom, cannibalism isn’t taboo. Snacking on dead members of the same species is widespread among creatures ranging from orangutans to octopuses. Hermit crabs, too, are no strangers to ...
The death of a millionaire with no heir draws an opportunistic crowd. So, too, does the demise of a land-dwelling hermit crab. Researchers working in Costa Rica found that the curious crabs are drawn ...