Land hermit crabs have been using bottle tops, parts of old light bulbs and broken glass bottles, instead of shells. New research by Polish researchers studied 386 images of hermit crabs occupying ...

The vast majority of the items the researchers saw the hermit crabs using in the photographs were made of plastic Hermit crabs all over the world, which scavenge shells as armour for their bodies, are ...

A hermit crab trundles across a beach in Japan's Okinawa, carrying its home on its back: not a shell, but a disintegrating plastic yellow measuring spoon. The crab is far from alone. Plastic waste has ...

Hermit crabs are small crabs that carry shells on their backs, both for a home and for safety. But with shells being harder to find year after year, hermit crabs have had to spend more time in shells ...

Hermit crabs all over the world, which scavenge shells as armour for their bodies, are turning increasingly to plastic waste instead. The conclusion is based on analysis of photos, taken by wildlife ...

The crab is far from alone. Plastic waste has become so pervasive in the natural environment that it is fundamentally changing the ways animals live and travel, according to scientists. Around 435 ...