About 15 species of hermit crab (members of the Paguridae family) live in the UK. Using their right claw as a trap door to seal the shell’s opening and hide their soft bodies safely inside, hermit ...

From the hermit crabs forced to live in toothpaste lids to the sperm whales choked to death by discarded rubbish, no creature is safe from plastic. And, as researchers discover plastic waste at ...

Sea slugs making a home in the UK due to climate change are among the ... including St Piran’s hermit crabs along the south coast – which were wiped out by the Torrey Canyon oil spill of ...

Iolo Williams witnesses a stunning starling murmuration, finds insects sheltering in caves, and reveals how house mice, hedgehogs and hermit crabs seek safety in winter. Show more Iolo Williams ...

It was an unusual discovery. As the mercury soared to triple digits last October in Yuma, Arizona, a hermit crab later named “Hermie” was found near a drip irrigation line in a state park—a victim of ...