Mary Akers, 57, is a hermit crab breeder. Her life has revolved around the small crustacean for the past few years. She started Hermit House, ...

The analysis revealed that the bolder hermit crabs have more sensilla located on the claw’s surface. Additionally, more ...

Hermit crabs don’t breed well in captivity, and so the numerous land hermit crabs seen in pet stores and tourist shops are taken from the wild, which is considered an unsustainable practice.

If you have ever looked closely into a rockpool along the U.K. coastline, you may have been lucky enough to find a tiny ...

Pet hermit crabs are wild because it is extremely difficult to breed them in captivity, hermit crab expert Mary Akers said. She successfully bred crabs in captivity but said it took a lot of trial ...

Revealing Video Captures Rare Moment Hermit Crab Changes Shells and Unveils Its Hidden Lower Body Angela Sayre, the founder of Crustacean Plantation, a nonprofit dedicated to crab conservation and ...

This is our 21-year-old hermit crab, Leonardo Da Pinci, known affectionately as Crab-alicious, or just plain Crabby. Our daughter got Leonardo and a friend for her 9th birthday and I’ve been ...