What is a hermit crab? There are over 800 species of hermit crabs worldwide, and almost all are ocean dwellers—though people are likely most familiar with the dozen semi-terrestrial species ...

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Despite this likelihood, the trade in hermit crabs remains a booming business as people seek out "exotic" pets who won’t pee in the house or vomit on the carpet. There are 500 to 600 species of hermit ...

Below, explore some cute name options to help highlight this characteristic of your new pet: Although hermit crabs are most often associated with the beach, other nature-inspired names may be fitting ...

They said two-thirds of hermit crabs species were pictured in "artificial shells" - items that humans discarded. The discovery is published in the journal Science of the Total Environment.

So, the child's first pet will almost be a coming-of-age undertaking. The important question is then what pet should be their child's first. Let's see if hermit crabs make good first pets for kids.

Evolution keeps making crabs. In fact, it's happened so often that there's a special scientific term for an organism turning ...

Researchers said they found 526 hermit crabs had been trapped inside one ... but on land it acts as a trap and a barrier to species going about their daily lives. The researchers surveyed sites ...

But other species compete all their lives for limited ... They have much competition, though, including hermit crabs, which lay claim to carcasses still in the water. Hermit crabs (Dardanus ...

More than 45% of Singapore’s original seagrass cover has been lost over the last five decades. Read more at straitstimes.com.