We are a land trust conserving working lands ... My name is Holly Grand and I am the statewide coordinator for the Abandoned Crab Trap Removal Program. We can't do this alone.

They included individuals from 10 of the 16 species of hermit crab that live on land, and were found throughout ... “or are they an ecological and evolutionary trap of the Anthropocene?” ...

Hermit crabs don’t breed well in captivity, and so the numerous land hermit crabs seen in pet ... which lures even more crabs into a death trap.

Researchers said they found 526 hermit crabs had been trapped inside one ... entangles and is ingested by wildlife, but on land it acts as a trap and a barrier to species going about their daily ...