WASHINGTON — Having a chinchilla, hedgehog or hermit crab in Virginia’s Fairfax County makes you a scofflaw, but that could soon change. The Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to advertise a public ...

Which hermit crab food is best? Hermit crabs are not generally picky eaters, but they need a healthy diet to keep them going for a long time. If you have these crustaceans as pets, the best food for ...

Growing up, my family vacationed most summers in a beach town just up the coast from us. There, seemingly every street corner was punctuated with a store selling souvenirs, American flag beach towels, ...

Dear Joanne: Generally, we deal with cat and dog questions, but we welcome a question about one of our favorite inverterbrates: the hermit crab. There are numerous varieties, but the one most often ...

WASHINGTON — Chinchillas, hedgehogs and hermit crabs were at the center of attention at a Fairfax County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday night. After a yearslong county debate, the exotic animals ...

Even with a slightly askew SpongeBob SquarePants on its shell, a hermit crab climbing the wire cage in front of a T-shirt shop is symbolic of the Jersey Shore. Despite a track record as short-lived ...

The Logan County Fair will be here soon! My favorite part of the fair is the carnival games, last year I played one that gave away goldfish or hermit crabs as prizes. The workers at this booth lead me ...

Haven’t you heard? Hermit crab populations are becoming increasingly homeless. Aki Inomata thinks they all deserve custom houses. Taiwan’s hermit crabs are in crisis. The little nomadic creatures have ...

I suppose I always just assumed all the hermit crabs dotting tiny tanks at beach stores were the same type of hermit crab. If I’m being really honest, I never knew there was more than one type of ...