They face problems like plastic pollution — the majority of terrestrial hermit crab species worldwide are now using trash as shells — and threats from the pet trade. This is because they ...

Despite a track record as short-lived summer pets, hermit crabs are kid magnets ... a former schoolteacher who fell into the hermit crab trade decades ago. Shell Shanty began wholesale operations ...

As the mercury soared to triple digits last October in Yuma, Arizona, a hermit crab later named “Hermie” was found near a drip irrigation line in a state park—a victim of the crustacean pet trade.

After our studies, other researchers reported vacancy chains in various species of hermit crabs, including Caribbean land hermit crabs, which are sometimes sold as pets. One of the strangest ...

Yes, it may be an odd pet, but it's fairly popular, in the odd pet category. But the term "hermit ... when a crab will decide to go shopping for a new home. Some crabs will trade shells several ...

chinchillas and hermit crabs, as these animals are popular and routinely sold as part of the retail pet trade,” a report to the Board of Supervisors said. Over the last decade, about 45 ...

As a hermit crab grows, it'll need to upsize to larger shells, hence the need to supply it with multiple choices. Unfortunately, every empty shell gathered for the pet trade is one less for the ...