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 ...

Did you know that terrestrial hermit crabs socialize with each other? According to a recent study at the University of California at Berkeley, researchers discovered that hermit crabs congregate ...

Aim To examine patterns of abundance, density, size and shell use in land hermit crabs, Coenobita clypeatus (Herbst), occurring on three groups of small islands, and to determine how these variables ...

If you are the curious type that likes to hop over tide pools and investigate puka, why not pause for a moment and take a deeper look into what you may find. There are many living animals you may not ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. For you, a hermit crab’s lifespan is ...

Walking inside Alderwood Mall, trying to avoid delicious-smelling Cinnabons, an odd kiosk caught my eye. Why was there a big sandbox in front of the pretzel shop? Who was selling colored rocks? I knew ...

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, ...

Photos of hermit crabs carrying plastic marine debris as their homes have spread widely as a symbolic image of the 'Anthropocene,' an era where humanity has a massive impact on the global environment, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The complete larval development of the land hermit crab Coenobita compressus is described from specimens reared in the laboratory at 26°C.

Hermit crabs have long been billed as low-maintenance animals, the harried parent’s alternative to a hamster. They were first sold in the U.S. to tourists at a souvenir shop in West Palm Beach, ...