Crustaceans
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Hoff crab: The hairy-chested crustacean that farms bacteria on its hairs
By Megan Shersby published
The "yeti" crab is white and hairy, as its nickname suggests, and it thrives in hydrothermal vents in Antarctica's frigid waters.

Pom pom crab: The crustacean that uses anemones as boxing gloves
By Hannah Osborne published
These tiny crustaceans, also known as boxer crabs, use the venomous anenomes to protect themselves from predators and to eat with. They also wave them around while fighting with each other.

Watch cannibal crab gobble up baby crablets in Australia in David Attenborough's 'Our Planet II'
By Hannah Osborne published
The rare footage was taken when filming the red crab migration on Christmas Island.

Why do animals keep evolving into crabs?
By Laurel Hamers published
Crabby bodies are so evolutionarily favorable, they've evolved at least five different times. So why does this process, known as carcinization, keep happening?

What are Sea-Monkeys?
By Ailsa Harvey, Live Science Staff published
Reference Sea-monkeys is the marketing term used for a hybrid breed of brine shrimp sold in packets of dust in aquarium shops.

What made billions of snow crabs disappear from the Bering Sea?
By Joanna Thompson published
The Bering Sea's snow crab population has been in decline over the last five years, but this season the population has collapsed.

Natural Sunscreen Explains Mantis Shrimp's Amazing UV Vision
By Stephanie Pappas last updated
The colorful and aggressive mantis shrimp evolved a new way to use a naturally occurring, biological sunscreen: The animals use this compound to filter light from their eyes.

Can you spot the crab in this photo? (Hint: It's under the fuzz.)
By Nicoletta Lanese last updated
The species is named after the HMS Beagle.
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