It might not be such a strange sight in Ocean City or perhaps Bermuda, but what a local couple recently spotted in their backyard was definitely not typical for Berks County. On Monday, crawling ...

The famous coconut crabs of the South Pacific (not found in Hawaii) are hermit crabs that when young inhabit snail shells to protect their soft rears. As adults, though, these 8- to 10-pound crabs don ...

Growing up, my family vacationed most summers in a beach town just up the coast from us. There, seemingly every street corner was punctuated with a store selling souvenirs, American flag beach towels, ...

When walking into a beach store, it’s hard to not stop and admire the hermit crabs crawling around in their environment. The crabs may have a shell painted to look like beloved cartoon characters, ...

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Seasonal components in the reproduction of three sympatric hermit crab species in the Bay of Panama are examined. All three species reveal reproductive patterns mediated by their supply of shells, ...

Jan. 18 (UPI) --A visitor to a Thailand beach captured video of a recycling-minded hermit crab using an unusual object for a shell -- a bottle cap. The video, recorded earlier this month in Krabi, ...

A hermit crab has become an unlikely poster child for the serious pollution problem occurring on remote Pacific islands. The accompanying footage, jokingly described by Joseph Cronk as “a super rare ...

A new secretive species of hermit crab living in crevices shared with moray eels and flaming reef lobsters, has been discovered in the southern Caribbean. The striped color pattern reminded the author ...