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 ...

The breed of crab shown in the video is a coconut crab, and they are a far cry from Ariel's sassy little sidekick, Sebastian. Weighing in at nearly nine pounds and measuring up to three feet from leg ...

COURTESY SUSAN SCOTT This coconut crab was photographed south of Hawaii on Palmyra. Coconut crabs come in a rainbow of stunning colors arranged in dots, spots, bars and blotches. With two red stalked ...

Behold the coconut crab and its magnificent clampers. Scientists in Japan say the strength of the crab’s “mighty claw” is greater than most predators’ jaws. They published a report of their crab tests ...

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 ...

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.

In the war to unseat humanity as rulers of the animal kingdom, the main combatants are cephalopods, ravens, raccoons, and a new contender — coconut crabs. “On March 2, 2016, in the middle of the night ...

A giant coconut crab has been filmed stalking, killing and devouring a seabird. It is the first time these whopping crustaceans have been seen actively hunting large, back-boned animals, and suggests ...

Coconut crabs might be the heavyweight champions of all crustaceans. The largest land-dwelling crab on Earth, Birgus latro can lift about 66 pounds with its pincers and can pinch with about 750 pounds ...

It’s official–the coconut crab has the strongest grip of any animal. Researchers at the Okinawa Churashima Foundation in Japan, found that a coconut crab’s pinching power corresponds with its size — ...