Angela Sayre, the founder of Crustacean Plantation, shared a video of a hermit crab changing shells in Florida to help raise awareness about shell shortages.

Imagine wandering through a tide pool, your eyes tracing the mysterious shapes hidden in the sand and seaweed. Suddenly, a ...

What is a hermit crab? There are over 800 species of hermit crabs worldwide, and almost all are ocean dwellers—though people are likely most familiar with the dozen semi-terrestrial species ...

A few weeks earlier and some 2,500 miles away in Ocean City, New Jersey, a young boy was seen with a single hermit crab purchased as a vacation souvenir from a local beach shop. This crab was a victim ...

Dr. Sheena Cruickshank’s work in immunology focuses on immune responses and chronic conditions like inflammatory bowel ...