HONOLULU (KITV)-"They are strong enough to rip through coconut husks," said Trenton Yasui, Acting Invertebrate Aquatic Biota Specialist with the Department of Agriculture. He says they're strong ...

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 ...

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 ...

FLYING FISH COVE, Australia, Feb. 4 (UPI) --A tourist visiting Australia's Christmas Island got the photo of a lifetime when he posed holding an extremely massive coconut crab. The picture, posed to ...

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.