To gather data about their surroundings, Pagurus bernhardus, a common hermit crab species, uses small hair-like structures called sensilla.

If you have ever looked closely into a rockpool along the U.K. coastline, you may have been lucky enough to find a tiny hermit crab scuttling about. What you might not realize is that hermit crabs ...

Our Lady of the Gulf (OLG) Crab Festival is gearing up for its 41st year. Crews have already put in nearly 400 hours this season to ensure the event brings its ...

Our Lady of the Gulf (OLG) Crab Festival is gearing up for its 41st year. Crews have already put in nearly 400 hours this season to ensure the event brings its usual family-friendly atmosphere.

Two titans of the tide go claw-to-claw in a rematch you don’t want to miss! It’s the ultimate crustacean clash as the hermit crab and mantis shrimp face off in a battle for dominance beneath ...

Zuzu the Hermit Crab: Where animation meets activism When a plastic bottle becomes a home, something remarkable happens.

Three men were arrested in a hotel after they were allegedly caught with "thousands" of live hermit crabs in their suitcases with the intent to smuggle them.

Police on a Japanese holiday island have arrested three Chinese nationals after thousands of protected hermit crabs were found stuffed into multiple suitcases.

On the morning of April 24 during the spring school break, young visitors to the Westfield Athenaeum were invited to learn about and interact with Pagoo and his hermit crab friends on a habitat ...