New research by Polish researchers studied 386 images of hermit crabs occupying these artificial shells. The photos had been uploaded by users to online platforms, then analyzed by scientists ...

The hermit crab only remains fully exposed for a brief moment. After a quick maneuver, it is out of its old shell and into its new, slightly roomier shell.

A hermit crab wears the top of a broken bottle as a shell. Shawn Miller Pictures and videos of hermit crabs creating new homes from human litter—co-opting anything from Lego pieces to soda cans ...

Hermit crabs are best known for using snail shells to protect their fleshy, shell-less bodies. But one group of hermit crabs uses a cozier type of protection: a sea anemone.

A hermit crab’s shell is a source of protection, especially for the animal’s soft abdomen. Some crabs can be pickier than others when selecting their temporary home.

Occurred on January 30, 2024 / Bombinhas, Santa Catarina, Brazil Info from Licensor: "This is a diver named Djonatan Junckes. He went bass fishing and ended up finding this hermit crab at the ...

The New Zealand Marine Studies Center and Aquarium did indeed provide glass shells for some of their little guys in 2009. So did the Blue Reef Aquarium in the U.K., five years earlier.

The hermit crab only remains fully exposed for a brief moment. After a quick maneuver, it is out of its old shell and into its new, slightly roomier shell.