What is a hermit crab? There are over 800 species of hermit crabs worldwide, and almost all are ocean dwellers—though people are likely most familiar with the dozen semi-terrestrial species ...

Lead researcher Professor Marta Szulkin previously said that these had been found in 10 out of the 16 known species of hermit crab and in all tropical regions of Earth. Likewise, just as ocean ...

By any measure, the impact of plastic waste is reaching crisis levels, impacting our environment and personal health. Each ...

A few weeks earlier and some 2,500 miles away in Ocean City, New Jersey, a young boy was seen with a single hermit crab purchased as a vacation souvenir from a local beach shop. This crab was a victim ...

When anglers dropped trawling nets into the Pacific Ocean several miles off the east ... where researchers discovered it was ...

New advocacy campaign from SC Johnson features an intrepid hermit crab, calls for collective action and urges greater business responsibility in reining in ...

Takara Tomy revealed a new Zoids Advanced Zi movable toy featuring the hermit crab Zoids Sea Panther. The toy will have the code AZ-10, and it will be available in late September 2025 with an MSRP ...

PHOTOGRAPH BY BRIAN LEHMANN On Okinawa, Japan, a hermit crab resorts to a plastic bottle cap to protect its soft abdomen. Beachgoers collect the shells the crabs normally use, and they leave trash ...