Hermit crabs have spent millions of years relying on discarded seashells to protect their soft, vulnerable abdomens. But on ...

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 ...

A new species of hermit crab discovered in the shallow waters of southern Japan has been enjoying the perks of living like a peanut worm. Like the worms, the 7- to 8-millimeter-long hermit crab uses ...

When hermit crabs do battle, they rap aggressively on each other’s shells, relentlessly beating on each other until one admits defeat and is ousted from its shell for good. It’s brutal, aggressive, ...

In case it ever comes up in a Jeopardy Daily Double question, the fossil record does not contain many hermit crab fossils. That’s right, those cute little beasties, so abundant you can buy them in ...

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Tim Jerman, Hermit Crab, 2000, flameworked glass, Smithsonian American Art Museum, museum purchase through the Renwick Acquisitions Fund, 2000.26.1 When Tim Jerman was a child, he couldn’t decide ...

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 ...

Hermit crabs are finding their way into discarded tires in the ocean – and they can’t get out, a new study from Hirosaki University found. The concave interior of a car tire can trap hermit crabs that ...