Georgia officials recently asked for the public's help in spotting non-native blue land crabs. But further down the coast in Florida, officials are accustomed to the spiny ocean crawlers.

There are over 800 species of hermit crabs worldwide, and almost all are ocean dwellers—though people are likely most familiar with the dozen semi-terrestrial species, called land hermit crabs ...

Blue land crabs have been creeping their way up the East Coast, prompting officials in Georgia, South Carolina and North ...

Researchers said they found 526 hermit crabs had been trapped inside one container ... wildlife populations worldwide, especially on land. "The potential for plastics on beaches and in other ...

That is perhaps how hermit crabs on beaches across the world feel. Only, they have no voice to speak of their predicament, no means to choose otherwise. Terrestrial or land hermit crabs are ...