A new species of hermit crab has been found to be a hermit no more. Off the coast of Japan, the crustacean has managed to find its forever home, by partnering up with a living coral that grows as the ...

For the first time ever, a hermit crab has been documented to have found its “forever” home. Off the coast of Japan, a new species of the crab has partnered with a living coral. The coral grows as the ...

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A recent submarine dive turned up a species of hermit crab that was previously only known through dead, dried specimens procured more than a century ago. The sub collected a few of the animals, known ...

Dr. Darryl Felder was searching for a mud lobster when he pulled a bag of crustaceans from his laboratory freezer in the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Billeaud Hall. He instead found a new ...

Three researchers maneuvered through the darkness of an underwater cave in Japan. It was the same cave off Okinawa Island where a new species of crab with degenerated eyes and a white body had ...

At the turn of the twentieth century, two independent marine scientists - JR Henderson in 1888, and A Alcock in 1899, described two unusual blanket-hermit crabs from the Indo-West Pacific. Unlike ...

Hermit crabs are well known for their ability to turn an empty shell into protective armour, but it seems that shells aren’t the only armour around. A new species of hermit crab that shelters in ...

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 ...

A new hermit crab species can live in a walking coral's cavity in a reciprocal relationship, replacing the usual marine worm partner, according to a new study. A new hermit crab species can live in a ...

Researchers discovered a new species of hermit crab from a dark underwater cave in Japan, according to a new study. Photo by Yoshihisa Fujita provided by the University of the Ryukyus Three ...