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 ...

The extremely smooth motion of its legs conjures up images of lobsters or crabs (“Maakrapu” means “land crab” in Finnish), and is also reminiscent of Theo Jansen’s Strandbeesten.

“The red crab, endemic to Christmas Island, is the most abundant of the more than 20 species of land crab on the Island,” says Brendan Tiernan, Senior Threatened Species Program Coordinator at ...

Here's how planes land sideways in high winds. Landings like this actually have a name, crabbing. The name comes from the way crabs walk sideways across the beach. That's kind of what the airplane ...