Hermit crabs are famous for making a home of anything even remotely shell-like: old cans, shoes, toy buckets, and so-on. They’re the trailer trash of the crustacean world. Japanese artist Aki Inomata ...

Hermit crabs survive by borrowing shells abandoned by other sea creatures. It’s quite unusual to actually witness one switching shells, however, which is why this video is so special. What it reveals ...

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, ...

Hermit crabs are small crabs that carry shells on their backs, both for a home and for safety. But with shells being harder to find year after year, hermit crabs have had to spend more time in shells ...

A TikToker with the username @noodlesma posted a video of a hermit crab moving into a new shell, and viewers weren’t shy about sharing their thoughts on the crab’s living circumstances. Moving can be ...

If you are the curious type that likes to hop over tide pools and investigate puka, why not pause for a moment and take a deeper look into what you may find. There are many living animals you may not ...

A new sea anemone species, Paracalliactis tsukisome, builds shell-like homes and share them with hermit crabs - a rare, ...