It might not be such a strange sight in Ocean City or perhaps Bermuda, but what a local couple recently spotted in their backyard was definitely not typical for Berks County. On Monday, crawling ...

The famous coconut crabs of the South Pacific (not found in Hawaii) are hermit crabs that when young inhabit snail shells to protect their soft rears. As adults, though, these 8- to 10-pound crabs don ...

Walking inside Alderwood Mall, trying to avoid delicious-smelling Cinnabons, an odd kiosk caught my eye. Why was there a big sandbox in front of the pretzel shop? Who was selling colored rocks? I knew ...

Seasonal components in the reproduction of three sympatric hermit crab species in the Bay of Panama are examined. All three species reveal reproductive patterns mediated by their supply of shells, ...

Growing up, my family vacationed most summers in a beach town just up the coast from us. There, seemingly every street corner was punctuated with a store selling souvenirs, American flag beach towels, ...

Jan. 18 (UPI) --A visitor to a Thailand beach captured video of a recycling-minded hermit crab using an unusual object for a shell -- a bottle cap. The video, recorded earlier this month in Krabi, ...