The Ecuadorian hermit crab (Coenobita compressus), sometimes called the Pacific hermit crab, is known as the cangrejo ermitaño in Spanish. Though Ecuador seems to have claimed naming rights, these ...

The Ecuadorian hermit crab (Coenobita compress), the most common terrestrial hermit crab on the Costa Rican Pacific, are notoriously picky about their shells. The crabs face threats from pollution and ...

Though most hermit crabs are small, some of the more exotic species can be as wide as a foot or more, the largest being the coconut crab, who has a leg span of more than three feet. Most of the hermit ...

When the time comes to move to a larger shell, the crab, with some difficulty and great persistence, prises her anemones off the old shell and fixes them to the new. Because they are small, and ...

Hermit crabs take up very little space, don't chew or scratch furniture, seem to have unique personalities, and never need to be taken for walks. No wonder they are gaining fans and places in our ...

HERMIE the Ecuadorian hermit land crab is in need of a bigger shell – but he’d better make it snappy. The latest addition to Conwy’s Butterfly Jungle has already outgrown his existing shell ...

As the summer beach season heats up, walk into almost any large seaside souvenir shop and you're likely to see them: live hermit crabs in brightly painted shells being sold to tourists who have no ...