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, ...

There’s a theory that giant crabs overwhelmed Amelia Earhart, dismembered her and carried her bones underground. Speculative, at best. Sounds crazy, we know. But so has almost every other horrifying ...

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 ...

Stay safe and never try to mess with coconut crabs, Birgus latro, as their pinch will be too hard to handle. The crab with strong claws is counted as one of the strongest terrestrial animals, with a ...