Let’s talk about plastic, not the kind in your recycling bin, the kind that’s overflowing in recycling cans, ending up on our beaches.

Plastic pollution is also a problem for hermit crabs, which often mistake a plastic bottle cap or container for a new home. A 2020 study in the Journal of Hazardous Materials found that around ...

many are home to hermit crabs also likely to be negatively affected by plastic. There has been lots of research looking into how plastic pollution affects species living in the sea, but the impact ...

PHOTOGRAPH BY BRIAN LEHMANN On Okinawa, Japan, a hermit crab resorts to a plastic bottle cap to protect its soft abdomen. Beachgoers collect the shells the crabs normally use, and they leave trash ...

Dr. Sheena Cruickshank’s work in immunology focuses on immune responses and chronic conditions like inflammatory bowel ...