Hermit crabs are fascinating. Not only do these crustaceans often grow into massive creatures, but they also change shells ...

looking like a diminutive Darth Vader’s helmet. As it got closer, it turned out to be the shed exoskeleton of a horseshoe crab. This exoskeleton, or shell, must have been shed fairly recently ...

Holding a horseshoe crab is like shaking hands with deep time itself. What makes the horseshoe crab’s body so enduring? Its iconic helmet-shaped shell acts as a tough suit of armor, protecting ...

A growing hermit crab is always on the lookout for a bigger shell, and when an appropriately ... and "The Hermit," featuring a crustacean in a scuba helmet, are available via Toy Qube: ...

For what it’s worth, it’s not the first time that someone has noticed that the dome of a horseshoe crab’s shell looks kind of like Darth Vader’s helmet. It’s not even the first time that ...

Anatomically, they’re more like spiders ... the horseshoe crab. That they predate the dinosaurs, a time when everything was large, might explain their oversize, helmet-shaped shells, which ...

A flat, rounded shell. A tail that's folded under the body. This is what a crab looks like, and apparently what peak performance might look like — at least according to evolution. A crab-like ...

If you close your eyes and think of a crab, you might picture a round, flat body. Big front claws and multiple sets of scuttling small legs. A hard outer shell. That's the form that seems to be ...