The crab’s “crimson” claws earned its name Strigopagurus fragarchela from the Latin form of strawberry, “Fragaria,” and ...

An Aussie museum was adding new shells to its collection when one of its experts noticed something fascinating hidden inside.

A hermit crab trundles across a beach in Japan's Okinawa, carrying its home on its back: not a shell, but a disintegrating ...

While Strawberry Claws is a delightful nickname, the pair propose the official common name “Strawberry-clawed Hermit”. The ...

As a hermit crab grows, it moves into a bigger shell every 18 months. It turns out, Australians aren’t that different, with ...

Her essay on "The Hermit Crab," for instance, begins with a jolt: "It was, perhaps, a hermit crab that ate Amelia Earhart." ...

In Los Angeles, fall for me means researching, eating and writing at the fastest possible pace to pull together our annual 101 Best Restaurants in L.A. project. But it’s also the season for an ...

Dave Wolfenden explains... Hermit crabs are not strictly crabs. They’re anomurans and differ from ‘true’ crabs in their specialised morphology. Due to having a soft abdomen, they are notorious for ...

Doctors use the acronym CRAB to diagnose myeloma by identifying four symptoms. The National Cancer Institute estimates that in the United States, slightly over 35,000 people will be diagnosed with ...

A study this year analysed images uploaded to amateur naturalist sites and found hermit crabs worldwide are using artificial items for shells. Plastic was the most common choice, though ...