Hermit crabs have a curled tail with a hook that enables their bodies to fit inside these borrowed shells. Sometimes when a ...

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 ...

The competitive dynamics of a three-species littoral hermit crab assemblage in Panama are demonstrated. Calcinus obscurus is found in the middle to low intertidal habitat, Clibanarius albidigitus ...

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Despite a track record as short-lived summer pets, hermit crabs are kid magnets.

But that’s just me. The crabs didn’t live very long and the kids lost interest quickly. Did you know that hermit crabs in their natural habitat can live for 30 years?

The land crab — long a favorite vacation souvenir — requires an unexpected amount of nurturing if it’s going to make it more than a few weeks at home.

Most of the time, hermit crabs live up to their names, keeping to themselves and refusing to socialize with each other members of their species nearby.