The analysis revealed that the bolder hermit crabs have more sensilla located on the claw’s surface. Additionally, more ...

Turtles can't breathe because plastic straws get stuck in their nostrils. ... Hermit crabs are not born with their own shells, searching for new shells each time they outgrow one.

Scientists found that oleamide, a chemical leaked from plastic dumped in the ocean, elevates the respiration rate of hermit crabs, which indicates excitement.

Hermit crabs do not have shells of their own, and instead use empty shells or hollow objects to shelter and protect their bodies. Dr Lavers found more than 500,000 Cocos Island hermit crabs in ...

Ocean pollution has many consequences for marine life, including, it appears, getting hermit crabs "excited." Low concentrations of a common plastic additive called oleamide speed up the crabs ...

Today in Fairfax County, residents do not need special permission to own the following: rabbits, hamsters, ferrets, gerbils, guinea pigs, mice, rats, turtles, fish, dogs, cats, birds like canaries ...

That may make hermit crabs one of the first animals known to experience wealth inequality. Ivan Chase, an emeritus professor at Stony Brook University in New York and the study’s lead author, ...