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 ...

A Nazareth man who police say fired a shot into another man’s car last month in an argument over a pet hermit crab has been ordered to face assault charges in court. Mario R. Maisonet Jr., 32, of ...

NAZARETH, Pa. --An eastern Pennsylvania man has been jailed on charges he fired shots during an argument over a pet hermit crab that belongs to his fiancée's son. Nazareth police tell The (Allentown) ...

EASTON — A custody drop-off that ended in gunfire has cost a Nazareth man a felony conviction. What, according to police, sparked the fight between Mario R. Maisonet Jr. and his fiancee’s ex-husband?

Even with a slightly askew SpongeBob 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 summer pets, ...

Your second-grade class pet is beginning to sound a lot more menacing. A new study out of Michigan State University shows that hermit crabs show cannibalistic tendencies, because apparently, nothing ...

Want to see jellyfish and hermit crabs? You don't have to go to an aquarium now; they can be at your home! Jellyfish and hermit crabs are becoming increasingly popular as pets for young home aquarium ...

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, ...

An eastern Pennsylvania man has been jailed on charges he fired shots during an argument over a pet hermit crab that belongs to his fiancée's son. Thirty-two-year-old Mario Maisonet, of Nazareth, was ...