You shouldn’t ever have just one hermit crab. They are animals that rely on others and may even stop eating. Most people notice that when hermit crabs are in groups, they are often more active.

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 ...

In my extensive, top-of-page-one Google search, I found that hermit crabs are not true crabs; they are a type of decapod ...

Angela Sayre, the founder of Crustacean Plantation, shared a video of a hermit crab changing shells in Florida to help raise awareness about shell shortages.

PHOTOGRAPH BY BRIAN LEHMANN On Okinawa, Japan, a hermit crab resorts to a plastic bottle ... really sad thing about this is that they’re eating plastic thinking it’s food,” says Matthew ...