The next smallest will take that crab’s hand-me-down home, and so on. Hermit crabs vary in their mating habits. The Caribbean hermit crab, for example, lives in wetlands, but when it’s time to ...

Featured on the Pinanski radiation research lab’s containment shell, this mural of a Caribbean hermit crab, or cobito, was painted by internationally renowned Puerto Rican muralist, “Bikismo” (Joshua ...

It was an unusual discovery. As the mercury soared to triple digits last October in Yuma, Arizona, a hermit crab later named “Hermie” was found near a drip irrigation line in a state park—a victim of ...