In the secluded isolation of Christmas Island, crabs have become the guardians of a lush rainforest kingdom. The robber crab is an unruly king, with a meter-wide leg-span and claws that can open a ...

Take, for example, the coconut crab: a giant beast so well known for stealing things that it’s colloquially referred to as the “robber crab.” Coming in at an incredible nine pounds in weight ...