In this Instagram video, you can watch a hermit crab hoist itself out of its old shell and into a new one with ease. Let’s learn more about why they do this unusual home relocation behavior.

At each sampling site, five to eight ‘turnable’ boulders were randomly inspected. From each selected rock, hermit crabs exhibiting air-exposure behavior on the rock were collected and kept in a ...

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

Public awareness campaigns and policies aimed at minimizing plastic waste are critical. Additionally, further research into the behavior of hermit crabs and the impact of plastic on marine life is ...

Revealing Video Captures Rare Moment Hermit Crab Changes Shells and Unveils Its Hidden Lower Body Angela Sayre, the founder of Crustacean Plantation, a nonprofit dedicated to crab conservation and ...

Visual orientation is important to avoidance and attraction responses to chemical cues and it has an important role in exploratory behavior of new shells by hermit crabs. However, the effects of ...

Normal molting behavior. About twice a year, hermit crabs molt or shed off their outer skin. Hermit crabs become less active when molting. They won’t eat much but they will drink lots of water.

There is still much to learn about these unique hermit crabs. Most of their ecology remains a mystery, as they have only been collected in trawler catches. However, the crabs undoubtedly play a ...

Scientists build clever contraptions to study animal behavior like the hermit crab housing market. In his quest to understand the hermit crab housing market, biologist Mark Laidre of Dartmouth ...