What is the first thing coming to your mind when you hear the name Christmas Island? The island may sound festive by name, ...

Video from the national park shows the Christmas Island Red Crabs migrating toward the beach and ocean, where they will begin mating and spawning eggs. "The crabs have picked up somewhat overnight ...

After mating, female crabs can produce up to 100,000 eggs each. Millions of red crabs are coming out of their burrows on Christmas Island in Australia to begin one of their largest migrations in ...

the Christmas Island red crab migration. Every year, the island's ~50 million crabs trek from the forest to the coast to breed. Since the ideal breeding conditions are incredibly specific — it ...

CHRISTMAS ISLAND, Australia – A migration of millions of red crabs has begun at Christmas Island National Park. The migration ...

Female crabs produce eggs three days after mating and stay in their burrows for weeks to let their eggs develop; each one of them can make up to 100,000 eggs, according to the Christmas Island ...

Millions of red crabs are coming out of their burrows on Christmas Island in Australia to begin ... the sea by the rising tide and release their eggs before returning to the forest, according ...