On the shores of Okinawa, Japan, an American photographer witnessed something amazing. Hermit crabs were crawling into plastic bottle caps, using them as their home instead of shells. Illegal ...

Did you know that terrestrial hermit crabs socialize with each other? According to a recent study at the University of California at Berkeley, researchers discovered that hermit crabs congregate ...

Japanese researchers have described a new species of sea anemone that appears to share a mutually beneficial relationship with hermit crabs. The pale pink sea anemones, now named Paracalliactis ...

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Kumamoto University-led team identifies Paracalliactis tsukisome sp. nov., revealing a rare example of co-evolution in the deep sea Researchers from Kumamoto University and collaborating institutions ...

MARBLEHEAD, MASS. (WHDH) - Architect Tom Saltsman has put his special set of skills to work each Halloween to dress up the garage at his Marblehead home in larger-than-life costumes. This year’s ...

"I have seen them on East Beach, San Luis Beach, and Seawolf Park. Really they are everywhere on the bayside," Canizalez told Chron. "The day of the video, I would say thousands that we seen." ...

Hermit crabs have hard claws and legs, but soft abdomens they stick inside abandoned mollusk shells. (Photo by Gail Karlsson) I enjoy having hermit crabs in the yard. They are cute and fun, and come ...

Film distributor Uncork’d Entertainment has acquired North American rights to horror film “The Hermit,” starring Lou Ferrigno as a cannibalistic pig farmer in his first role playing a creature since ...

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 ...