Say hello to Strawberry Claws, a large new-to-science species of hermit crab recently described by Queensland Museum ...

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An Aussie museum was adding new shells to its collection when one of its experts noticed something fascinating hidden inside.

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If we became crab-like it would be a slightly horrifying experience, an expert tells us. Crabs molt their entire outer exoskeleton, from their eyes to their gut.

One morning on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, photographer Steve Simonsen captures thousands of hermit crabs migrating Is Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin the Future of Space Exploration? (01:11 ...

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A hermit crab trundles across a beach in Japan's Okinawa, carrying its home on its back: not a shell, but a disintegrating plastic yellow measuring spoon. The crab is far from alone. Plastic waste ...