Hermit crabs are fascinating. Not only do these crustaceans often grow into massive creatures, but they also change shells ...

A hermit crab wears a broken lightbulb as a shell. Shawn Miller Exactly why the crustaceans are making homes out of trash remains an open question. Maybe hermit crabs, which molt and exchange ...

Scientists found that plastic pollution is leading hermit crabs to use human trash instead of natural shells, a study said and photos show. Photo from Shawn Miller via Jagiello, Dylewski and ...

Land hermit crabs have been using bottle tops, parts of old light bulbs, and broken glass bottles as shelters instead of shells. Polish researchers studied 386 images of hermit crabs occupying ...

In the video, a hermit crab scuttles amongst numerous shells before choosing one to move into. For several seconds, the hermit crab works to align itself with the opening of the empty shell.

“It’s all based on the size of the hermit crab,” he explains. “They jam and jam their abdomens inside until they feel it is done.” When he has spotted a crab with a trash home, Miller places a variety ...

In Belize, hermit crabs have outgrown their homes or their shells have become worse for wear, creating a squabble between the group. To find out how they resolved this issue, Spy hermit crab goes ...

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 ...

But what if you could have a large enough sexual organ to reproduce without exiting your shell, which rivals may steal? While studying land-dwelling hermit crabs at Smithsonian’s National Museum ...