The coconut crab (Birgus latro) is the largest terrestrial arthropod in the world, living in the tropical regions of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, including islands like Christmas Island and the ...

evolution has “crabified” five different types of animals—including the coconut crab, the largest “land crab”—to adapt to marine or marine-adjacent environments. True crabs have been ...

Experts tell us that if humans became crab-like, it would be a slightly horrifying experience. Crabs molt their entire outer exoskeleton, from their eyes to their gut.