Like turtles, they will retract into their shells if they detect any danger. ... The small hairs on a hermit crab’s claws are called sensilla. CREDIT: Ari Drummond.

Hermit crabs are omnivorous scavengers, eating microscopic mussels and clams, bits of dead animals, and macroalgae. These crustaceans have been misnamed for two reasons: First, ...

In the video, a hermit crab scuttles amongst numerous shells before choosing one to move into. For several seconds, ... 56 Threatened Turtles Born at Iowa Zoo Released Into the Wild.

Hermit crab gatherings may look like a funeral, but they have a selfish purpose. Bryan Nelson is a science writer and award-winning documentary filmmaker with over a decade of experience covering ...

Land hermit crabs have been using bottle tops, parts of old light bulbs and broken glass bottles, instead of shells. New research by Polish researchers studied 386 images of hermit crabs occupying ...

Hermit crabs rely on sensory hairs to gather life or death data on their surroundings. 29,166 people played the daily ...