A big coconut crab snaps its outsized left claw as hard as a lion can bite, new measurements suggest. So what does a land crab the size of a small house cat do with all that pinch power? For starters, ...

The mighty claws of the coconut crab can pinch harder than most land animals, according to new research from Japanese scientists. Sean Dowling (@seandowlingtv) has more. The mighty claws of the ...

The coconut crab (Birgus latro) is a species of terrestrial hermit crab. The crab is big, the largest land-living arthropod in the world, with a body length of up to 40 centimeters (16 inches). The ...

Even animals need to be alert when they sleep. A giant coconut crab devoured a sleeping seabird, a video shows. In the video, a giant crab from the Indian Ocean can be seen attacking and eating an ...

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 ...

The Toledo Zoo has been collecting flowers, trees and animals for the new tropical greenhouse that will be part of the museum when it opens next fall. Coconut Crabs make up one of those groups of ...