Maintain a Clean and Natural Habitat Keeping the enclosure clean and well-maintained is crucial for your hermit crabs’ health ...

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 ...

so experts recommend turning on a fluorescent or LED bulb in their tank for 8-12 hours a day to mimic natural light cycles. Habitat supplies. To complete your hermit crab’s habitat, it’s ...

Using 3-D modeling, and with collaborative input from her pet crabs, Inomata developed a series of custom micro-habitats ... Inomata’s hermit crabs choose her shells over natural alternatives?

Talking about the habitat, Sprague said hermit crabs have antennae and pedipalps, a secondary pair of forward legs, with which they sense their environment. “This is what it’s like to go ...

While studying land-dwelling hermit crabs at Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History ... of related hermit crabs over a wide range of habitats and lifestyles. Some crabs modify their ...

"Hermit crabs are actually really complex animals ... a year-round temperature near 80 degrees to mimic their natural Caribbean habitat. They need sand — not gravel — in order to molt ...

WESTFIELD — On the morning of April 24 during the spring school break, young visitors to the Westfield Athenaeum were invited to learn about and interact with Pagoo and his hermit crab friends ...