FLOYD, Va. – A Floyd woman has worked decades to figure out her life, but little did she know it would be a hermit crab that would help her claw her way to her purpose. Mary Akers, 57, is a hermit ...

Haven’t you heard? Hermit crab populations are becoming increasingly homeless. Aki Inomata thinks they all deserve custom houses. Taiwan’s hermit crabs are in crisis. The little nomadic creatures have ...

Hermit crabs are fascinating. Not only do these crustaceans often grow into massive creatures, but they also change shells throughout their lives. Their appearance can vary depending on the size and ...

"I have seen them on East Beach, San Luis Beach, and Seawolf Park. Really they are everywhere on the bayside," Canizalez told Chron. "The day of the video, I would say thousands that we seen." ...

The Logan County Fair will be here soon! My favorite part of the fair is the carnival games, last year I played one that gave away goldfish or hermit crabs as prizes. The workers at this booth lead me ...

The gentle grace. Oh, come on. You big gummy. Woo. *** steady speed. Wake him up. The racing. Crustacean. *** very rare breed crab racing is growing. But you'd have to go far to see any better than at ...

One of Laurie Schweda's pets is named Dirty Harry, "because sometimes all you can see is his eyes and it looks like he's glaring at you." Barry belongs to Christa Wilkin, who describes him as "a real ...

In Belize, hermit crabs have outgrown their homes or their shells have become worse for wear, creating a squabble between the group. To find out how they resolved this issue, Spy hermit crab goes ...

When hermit crabs do battle, they rap aggressively on each other’s shells, relentlessly beating on each other until one admits defeat and is ousted from its shell for good. It’s brutal, aggressive, ...