Hermit crabs are famous for being small critters that, from time to time throughout their lives, abandon one shell carried on their back to pick up a new one. Project HERMITS by [Ken Nakagaki] is ...

ABOVE: Postcard featuring Jarvis Smith, “hermit” of Mont Vernon. BELOW: Postcard of English Jack in the White Mountains. Credit: Courtesy of Janice Brown / cowhampshireblog.com Sign up for the Concord ...

Land hermit crabs have been using bottle tops, parts of old light bulbs, and broken glass bottles as shelters instead of shells. Polish researchers studied 386 images of hermit crabs occupying these ...

To protect their vulnerable, soft bodies, hermit crabs have to scavenge for shelter—usually they nestle into a discarded shell, or something more creative like a doll head or a Lego. Scientists ...

The death of a millionaire with no heir draws an opportunistic crowd. So, too, does the demise of a land-dwelling hermit crab. Researchers working in Costa Rica found that the curious crabs are drawn ...