As hermit crabs grow, they will change into new, larger shells. Make sure to have a few clean ... The bowls should be shallow enough for the crab to soak in and get back out without struggling. You ...

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.

The vast majority of the items the researchers saw the hermit crabs using in the photographs were made of plastic Hermit crabs all over the world, which scavenge shells as armour for their bodies ...

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