Hermit crabs are social creatures that can make great family pets. Hermit crabs live on land and use empty shells for protection. If you take proper care of them, a hermit crab can be your companion ...

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, called ...

Merv Cooper's motto is "a house is not a home without a hermit crab". Surrounded by thousands of "chirping" crabs inside his Rockingham store, south of Perth, Mr Cooper says people line up to get ...

Wearing shells painted in unnatural neon tones and housed within small wire cages, hermit crabs are commonly found in boardwalk shops down the shore — where they can face the same thoughtless ...

Even with a slightly askew SpongeBob on its shell, a hermit crab climbing the wire cage in front of a T-shirt shop is symbolic of the Jersey shore. Despite a track record as short-lived summer pets, ...

Your second-grade class pet is beginning to sound a lot more menacing. A new study out of Michigan State University shows that hermit crabs show cannibalistic tendencies, because apparently, nothing ...