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Here’s How Hermit Crabs Swap Shells Like It’s Nothing

Hermit crabs are fascinating. Not only do these crustaceans often grow into massive creatures, but they also change shells throughout their lives. Their appearance can vary depending on the size and ...
Fast Company

Hermit crabs are using plastic pollution as shells

Land hermit crabs have been using bottle tops, parts of old light bulbs, and broken glass bottles as shelters instead of shells. Polish researchers studied 386 images of hermit crabs occupying these ...
The Weather Channel on MSN

As Hermit Crabs Turn To Plastic Waste For Homes, This Photographer Is Giving Them A Fighting Chance

When wildlife photographer Shawn Miller discovered Okinawa's hermit crabs living in plastic bottle caps instead of shells, he ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN

Can Venice’s Iconic Crab Dish Survive Climate Change?

For more than 300 years, Italians have fried soft-shell green crabs, called moeche. But the culinary tradition is under ...
Yahoo

Don’t toss that crab shell. A substance found in it could be key to renewable energy, researchers say

BALTIMORE — At summertime backyard feasts, crab shells are just a barrier between hunger and satisfaction. Marylanders smash the crustaceans’ protective casings with wooden mallets, pick out the tasty ...
The Baltimore Sun

Don’t toss that crab shell. A substance found in it could be key to renewable energy, UMD researchers say.

At summertime backyard feasts, crab shells are just a barrier between hunger and satisfaction. Marylanders smash the crustaceans’ protective casings with wooden mallets, pick out the tasty meat and ...