HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - There are plenty of coconuts and crabs in Hawaii. But not coconut crabs, which is why it was so unusual to see the crustacean walking around in a Salt Lake neighborhood.

Take a look at this photo of the Christmas island robber crab (another name for coconut crab). It was taken at the Detention Centre construction site. The coconut crab is a large edible land crab ...

OKINAWA, Japan, Nov. 23 (UPI) --Keep your fingers away from coconut crabs. According to new research, the species pinches with the greatest force of all crustaceans. Scientists measured the pinching ...

Poking around on the beach, you may have encountered a hermit crab — a typically petite crustacean whose home is the shell it carries around on its back. Now imagine that tiny crab grew bigger and ...

There are some pretty large animals in the world. Giraffes are notable for their long necks, and whales for their sheer size, but have you ever seen the biggest crab in the world? Coconut crabs are ...

Jan. 3 (UPI) --A member of a golfing party on Australia's Christmas Island captured video when a massive coconut crab attempted to steal a golf club -- and ended up chopping through the shaft with its ...

The moment was caught on video in October 2020, but the 1-minute and 39-second clip has gone viral after a Reddit user by the name of Lessons_Learnt shared it to the site’s r/Australia and ...

Coconut crabs’ claws already look fearsome enough as it is, but appearance merely tells part of the story. According to a new study, these claws may actually be the most powerful in the entire animal ...

Our childhood hermit crab has a rather more … sizable cousin: the 3-foot-wide, 9-pound coconut crab that can rip coconuts and sometimes, well, kittens to pieces. We were appreciating this lovely ...