One chemical in particular — oleamide — has been found to “excite” and attract hermit crabs — but not like ... great distances along the ocean floor only to find remnants of trash ...

Abandoned tires dumped into the ocean are turning into deadly traps for hermit crabs, who may be resorting to eating each other in a desperate but futile gambit to survive. According to a study ...

Scientists on an expedition near the Galápagos Islands followed a trail of crabs on the ocean floor. The crabs led ... that is more closely related to hermit crabs than the American lobster.

One chemical in particular — oleamide — has been found to “excite” and attract hermit crabs — but not like ... great distances along the ocean floor only to find remnants of trash ...