Instead, hermit crabs have a hard exoskeleton on the front part of their bodies but a soft tail on the other half, which they protect using the discarded shells of other animals, like whelks.

She had spotted a hermit crab taking shelter in a PVC pipe shaped like an asthma inhaler, as documented in the viral video. Taken aback by the plastic bit walking on its own on the beach ...

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