Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

Divers in South Africa found an “unusual” crab in an “oversized” shell and rediscovered a species not seen in 100 years, a study said. Google Street View June ...

Hermit crabs rely on sensory hairs to gather life or death data on their surroundings. “For this study, I was especially intrigued by how they used their claws and other sensory appendages, such as ...

Three researchers maneuvered through the darkness of an underwater cave in Japan. It was the same cave off Okinawa Island where a new species of crab with degenerated eyes and a white body had ...

A newly described anemone species has been found off the coast of Japan and appears to live exclusively on the shells of one hermit crab species. First-of-its-kind video recordings of the hermit crab ...

If you are the curious type that likes to hop over tide pools and investigate puka, why not pause for a moment and take a deeper look into what you may find. There are many living animals you may not ...

There are hermits living in the St. Johns River. But before you become alarmed that we have a problem with some folks living in seclusion along the river, I am referring to hermit crabs. Some of you ...

When wildlife photographer Shawn Miller discovered Okinawa's hermit crabs living in plastic bottle caps instead of shells, he ...

Like humans, shelter is an essential requirement for animals, but some hermit crabs are making homes out of the most unusual suspect: our trash. According to a paper published in the scientific ...

Researchers discovered a new species of hermit crab from a dark underwater cave in Japan, according to a new study. Photo by Yoshihisa Fujita provided by the University of the Ryukyus Three ...