If you have ever looked closely into a rockpool along the U.K. coastline, you may have been lucky enough to find a tiny ...

The analysis revealed that the bolder hermit crabs have more sensilla located on the claw’s surface. Additionally, more ...

Microscopic claw hairs help hermit crabs sense threats and make quick decisions, revealing a link between anatomy and ...

Hermit crabs scuttling along the UK's coastline may be bolder than they appear, especially those with more sensitive claws, according to new research from the University of Plymouth. The study ...

Hermit crabs rely on sensory hairs to gather life or death data on their surroundings. 29,166 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?29,166 people played ...

A crab believed to be found in the Pacific's Pitcairn Islands was recently spotted with a rather unusual shell: a baby doll's head. Typically, hermit crabs use abandoned sea snail shells as their ...

THE ability of some hermit crabs to detach commensal sea anemones and place them on their shells has interested ecologists and ethologists for many years1.