The other day, nature educator Brianna Varner was walking on the beach when she saw what appeared to be an empty shell ...

Beaches in Northumberland and County Durham have been singled out by The Wildlife Trust for the fascinating hidden worlds ...

Three Chinese men have been arrested in Japan after several thousand protected land hermit crabs were found in their suitcases as police investigate whether the suspects intended to sell or keep ...

TOKYO: Three Chinese men were arrested in Japan after their rustling suitcases alerted hotel staff to the thousands of protected hermit crabs inside, police said on Thursday (May 8). A hotel ...

TOKYO — Three Chinese men were arrested in Japan after their rustling suitcases alerted hotel staff to the thousands of protected hermit crabs inside, police said on Thursday. A hotel worker in Amami ...

Three Chinese men were arrested in Japan after their rustling suitcases alerted hotel staff to the thousands of hermit crabs inside, police said Thursday. A hotel worker in the city of Amami ...

Perched on the edge of the mainland, separated by the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway from the southern part of North Carolina’s Outer Banks, Beaufort has both small-town charm and undisturbed nature, ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The National Academy of Marine Research stated Friday that over 90% of hermit crabs observed last year on Taiping Island carried natural sea snail shells rather than artificial ...

In a distressing turn of events, marine biologists have observed an increasing number of hermit crabs discarding their natural shells in favor of plastic debris. This bizarre phenomenon, emerging from ...

NEWPORT, Ore. – A Chinese mitten crab, a species banned in Oregon, was captured in the Lower Columbia River near Tongue Point on April 22. This marks the first confirmed sighting of the species ...

A highly invasive species of crab — capable of climbing over 13-foot-high concrete structures — has been spotted in the Pacific Northwest for the first time, wildlife officials said.