News tagged with hermit crabs
Mesoparapylocheles michaeljacksoni: Fossil hermit crab named after Michael Jackson
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Kent State University researcher was part of an international team of paleontologists that recently made a significant discovery in northern Spain. The group discovered a new family, genus ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Social networking helps hermit crabs find homes (w/ Video)
Everyone wants to live in the nicest possible house, ideally with regular upgrades. A recent study by biologists at Tufts University's School of Arts and Sciences and the New England Aquarium reveals that hermit crabs may ...
Apr 26, 2010 |
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Tool use in an invertebrate: The coconut-carrying octopus
Scientists once thought of tool use as a defining feature of humans. That's until examples of tool use came in from other primates, along with birds and an array of other mammals. Now, a report in the December 14th issue ...
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Scientists confirm crab's memory of pain
New research published by a Queen’s University Belfast academic has shown that crabs not only suffer pain but that they retain a memory of it.
Mar 27, 2009 |
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