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

No other shells in Another Crab's Treasure even come close to the defensive capabilities of the knight's helmet. It boasts an ...

The majority of terrestrial hermit crab species worldwide have used trash as shells, according to a study by experts at two Polish universities to be published next month. The study analyzed ...

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Instead, hermit crabs have a hard exoskeleton on the front part of their bodies but a soft tail on the other half, which they protect using the discarded shells of other animals, like whelks.

A growing body of research suggests crabs, lobsters and other animals caught for seafood can feel pain. Scientists are pushing for legal protections to ensure they are treated humanely.

Hermit crabs are famous for being small critters that, from time to time throughout their lives, abandon one shell carried on their back to pick up a new one. Project HERMITS by [Ken Nakagaki] is ...

A team of researchers have subjected artificial intelligences to 'pain' in an attempt to see if the AI's had become a ...