Tucked away on a peninsula just east of Ellsworth, this 55-acre slice of paradise somehow remains off the radar while its famous neighbor, Acadia National Park, absorbs the tourist crowds like a ...

Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park in Big Sur, California is nature’s answer to your stress-induced SOS. Let me tell you something – I’ve seen some gorgeous places in my time, but this slice of coastal ...

Japanese researchers have described a new species of sea anemone that appears to share a mutually beneficial relationship with hermit crabs. The pale pink sea anemones, now named Paracalliactis ...

A pink sea anemone that “builds a home” for hermit crabs has been discovered. The find, in seas off Japan, is a rare example of "co-evolution" in the ocean depths, say scientists. Researchers from ...

Researchers from Kumamoto University and collaborating institutions have discovered a new species of deep-sea sea anemone that builds shell-like "homes" for hermit crabs—an extraordinary case of ...

NORTH WILDWOOD – Hermit crabs have been part of the Jersey Shore for nearly three quarters of a century, but selling them in the city will now require more than two state licenses. The City Council ...

One night while documenting wildlife, photographer Shawn Miller discovered hermit crabs living in trash. Now, he’s on a mission to swap their plastic homes for proper shells with his conservation ...

A beach outing turned into a rare coastal spectacle when Michelle Canizalez of The Woodlands encountered a mass gathering of hermit crabs on the bayside of Galveston Island earlier this month. "I have ...

Hermit crabs have hard claws and legs, but soft abdomens they stick inside abandoned mollusk shells. (Photo by Gail Karlsson) I enjoy having hermit crabs in the yard. They are cute and fun, and come ...