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

like blue crabs, in that they don’t have a uniformly hard exoskeleton and can’t grow their own shells. Instead, hermit crabs have a hard exoskeleton on the front part of their bodies but a ...

However, having hermit crabs as pets isn’t a decision you should make lightly. Explore the pros and cons below to determine if you can be a good owner of a hermit crab and if this is the pet for ...

Some hermit crabs can also be found living along the Atlantic coast of the US. Though most hermit crabs are small, some of the more exotic species can be as wide as a foot or more, the largest being ...

Unfortunately, hermit crabs can struggle to find homes due to the over-collection of shells. Sayre said she started Crustacean Plantation to raise awareness about shell shortages caused by ...