Say hello to Strawberry Claws, a large new-to-science species of hermit crab recently described by Queensland Museum scientists. With its distinctive crimson claws, it was only natural the crab was ...

One of the most meme-worthy phenomena in evolutionary biology is carcinization, the tendency of crustaceans to evolve into ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Paracalliactis tsukisome lives on top of the hermit crab Oncopagurus monstrosus' shell. A team from Kumamoto University in Japan ...

Mollusc shells are a vital but sometimes scarce resource for hermit crabs, protecting them from mechanical damage and desiccation, but they require continual replacement as the crab grows. I have ...

What is a Sakishima Hermit Crab?The Sakishima hermit crab is a species that stands out among other hermit crabs for its ...

If you have ever looked closely into a rockpool along the UK coastline, you may have been lucky enough to find a tiny hermit crab scuttling about. What you might not realise is that hermit crabs are ...

Terrestrial hermit crabs are soft-bodied crustaceans that live near water in the world's tropical areas. Without any natural protection of their own, these crabs normally find shelter in discarded ...

Off the coast of Brisbane, Australia, a new species was caught in a trawling net. Felipe Palacio via Unsplash When anglers dropped trawling nets into the Pacific Ocean several miles off the east coast ...

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