Poking around on the beach, you may have encountered a hermit crab — a typically petite crustacean whose home is the shell it carries around on its back. Now imagine that tiny crab grew bigger and ...

Coconut crab (Birgus latro) populations are only found in islands across the Indian Ocean and the central Pacific Ocean, with most habitats located near the shore. Though they are related to hermit ...

These enormous and powerful terrestrial crabs have an unexpectedly diverse "vocabulary." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Coconut ...