The death of a millionaire with no heir draws an opportunistic crowd. So, too, does the demise of a land-dwelling hermit crab. Researchers working in Costa Rica found that the curious crabs are ...

She has built elaborate "crabitats" for five "rescued" land crabs. The most recent addition was living on someone's desk in a small wire cage. Hermit crab rescues aren't uncommon in the United States.

But as the land hermit crabs have proven, there is no singular path. We are evolving at every moment. Sometimes, it takes longer to see the effects or experience the repercussions, ...

A UC Berkeley study of terrestrial hermit crabs in Costa Rica suggests that they socialize – unlike solitary marine hermit crabs – in order to steal shells from one another. Land crabs remodel ...

The researchers estimate ten out of 16 species of land hermit crabs around the world have begun to use plastic as a form of armour. open image in gallery.

But as the land hermit crabs have proven, there is no singular path. We are evolving at every moment. Sometimes, it takes longer to see the effects or experience the repercussions, ...