Did your kids find a hermit crab on the beach while on vacation? Or maybe they brought one home from a boardwalk shop. Now, the real question is how do you care for your new critter? The answer ...

Often treated as throwaway pets, hermit crabs can live 50 years. Mary Akers, a self-taught expert, wants people to appreciate them as much as she does. Credit... Supported by By Katie L. Burke and ...

When you stroll along the pristine shores of nearly any beach it’s easy to spot a hermit crab, its cute legs peeking out of a beautiful shell, making it one of the most endearing critters on the ...

It was an unusual discovery. As the mercury soared to triple digits last October in Yuma, Arizona, a hermit crab later named “Hermie” was found near a drip irrigation line in a state park—a victim of ...

Wearing shells painted in unnatural neon tones and housed within small wire cages, hermit crabs are commonly found in boardwalk shops down the shore — where they can face the same thoughtless ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A newly described anemone species has been found off the coast of Japan and appears to live exclusively on the shells of one hermit crab species.