A new oyster shell recycling site is now open in Ocean Springs, all thanks to the Nature Conservancy’s ‘Save our Shells’ ...

Animals have evolved crab-like bodies at least five times throughout history, a process known as carcinization.

Almost one decade of recorded data retrieved from deep coral reef dives reveals some of the first evidence of that climate change is warming the ocean’s ‘twilight zone’.

Many students might see an English course titled Hermit Crabs and Borrowed Forms and immediately wonder what crustaceans have to do with creative writing. But when Eliana Alzate ’26 saw that title, ...

Paracalliactis tsukisome, pale pink and soft-bodied, builds rigid, shell-like structures that hermit crabs use for protection—turning a passive invertebrate into an underwater architect. Uncovered ...

Kumamoto University-led team identifies Paracalliactis tsukisome sp. nov., revealing a rare example of co-evolution in the deep sea Researchers from Kumamoto University and collaborating institutions ...

Expanded search for Gus ends as missing persons advocate speaks out “It hit him like a bucket of cold water”: Inside Matt LeBlanc’s transformation after Matthew Perry’s death Man Watched Moose For ...

Hermit crabs have hard claws and legs, but soft abdomens they stick inside abandoned mollusk shells. (Photo by Gail Karlsson) I enjoy having hermit crabs in the yard. They are cute and fun, and come ...

Hermit crabs are small crabs that carry shells on their backs, both for a home and for safety. But with shells being harder to find year after year, hermit crabs have had to spend more time in shells ...

Poke around a British rockpool and you may spot a shell shuffling over the sand. Inside is a hermit crab – an animal that spends much of its life testing the outside world before deciding whether it ...