A growing hermit crab is always on the lookout for a bigger shell, and when an appropriately sized shelter isn't readily available, these crustaceans sometimes have to make do with whatever debris ...

Even with a slightly askew SpongeBob SquarePants on its shell, a hermit crab climbing the wire cage in front of a T-shirt shop is symbolic of the Jersey Shore. Despite a track record as short ...

Even with a slightly askew SpongeBob on its shell, a hermit crab climbing the wire cage in front of a T-shirt shop is symbolic of the Jersey shore. Despite a track record as short-lived summer ...

Ryean Ash Nair named this cute hermit crab SpongeBob because of its yellow shell. (Ryean Nair pic) During a family trip to Port Dickson, Ryean Ash Nair’s father pointed out the tiny hermit crabs ...

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 will change shells once it outgrows the current one it’s inhabiting. During a process called molting, which typically occurs once every 12 to 18 months for adult hermit crabs, but ...

Carrie White Correspondent Virginia Beach's Hermit Crab Challenge recently was ranked one of America's Top Five Wackiest Summer Events. The rating is misleading, said longtime event judge L.D. Davis.

Jan. 18 (UPI) --A visitor to a Thailand beach captured video of a recycling-minded hermit crab using an unusual object for a shell -- a bottle cap.The video, recorded earlier this month in Krabi ...

Hermit crab housing. Hermit crabs do best in closed glass tanks. Since they’re tropical creatures, their space needs to stay moderately warm—between 72 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit is ideal.

In the video, a hermit crab scuttles amongst numerous shells before choosing one to move into. For several seconds, the hermit crab works to align itself with the opening of the empty shell.

But like a hermit crab encountering a humdrum shell, Laidre says he’s gonna leave that one alone. “For me, I’m much more curious about how forms of animal architecture and remodeling in the ...