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, they’re not true ...

While trying to rescue a hermit crab from its plastic home with a natural substitute, she had no clue what was about to ...

Don’t purchase a hermit crab (or any other living animal) as a vacation souvenir. Explain to your children that hermit crabs are better off in the wild than in captivity. Don’t purchase any exotic ...

The fickleness of fortune has rarely been more forcibly shown than in the case of the unfortunate hermit who has for many years past been one of the curiosities of Western Massachusetts.