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 ...

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 ...

At the heart of the campaign is Zuzu, an adventurous and courageous hermit crab who undertakes a perilous journey across the world to recycle a bottle left behind by a clean-up crew on his beach.

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 ...