Hermit crabs are small crabs that carry shells on their backs, both for a home and for safety. But with shells being harder ...

Hermit crabs are a decapod crustacean, meaning they have 10 (deca-) legs (pods) along with a hardened exoskeleton or shell. There are about 800 species worldwide with 11 found in Florida.

Hermit crabs survive by borrowing shells abandoned by other sea creatures. It’s quite unusual to actually witness one switching shells, however, which is why this video is so special.

Before moving along, the hermit crab tests out its new mobile home, disappearing inside the shell a few times before walking off. Sayre told SWNS she shared the clip because seeing a hermit crab ...

Hermit crabs are more than happy to let snails build them a perfect home. Hermit crabs are obsessed with snail shells. These crafty little crabs, found in California's rocky intertidal zone, are ...

The hermit crab can also use its large front claw to help seal the hole once it is inside the shell, protecting it from potential danger. The shell can help as camouflage as well.

Soft-bodied critters called penis worms inhabited abandoned shells — a la modern-day hermit crabs — by about 500 million years ago, a study suggests.

BANGKOK (AFP) — Hermit crab numbers in southern Thailand have boomed as foreign tourists have stayed away — so much so that the national park authority appealed on Friday for the public to donate ...