During these months, as many as 100 million red crabs scuttle into every crevice of the island. Roads are closed to provide a ...

Christmas Island, an Australian island in the Indian Ocean, is home to one of the world's coolest natural wonders: the Christmas Island red crab migration. Every year, the island's ~50 million ...

A new study by scientists and graduates at the University of Plymouth has investigated one aspect of how the future environmental conditions created by the changing global climate might affect earlies ...

Claudette Hudson is a self-confessed fanatic of red crabs. Not only do the crustaceans feature on her leggings, hat, shirt and suitcase, she even has tattoos of them. "I have crab shoes, crab ...

More than 120 million flame crabs are making their way to the ocean in Western Australia from the jungles of Christmas Island. Authorities opened a bridge for them to safely cross a road in the ...

The biggest stories of the day delivered to your inbox.

Little is currently known about whether and how Christmas Island’s red crabs might be impacted under the future environmental conditions created by the changing global climate ...

The annual migration of Christmas Island’s red crabs – where millions of creatures cover its beaches as they make their way from land to sea – is a true natural spectacle. However, little is known ...

One onlooker said her son counted 52 robber crabs — also known as coconut crabs — trying to steal the family's food Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with ...

The annual migration of Christmas Island's red crabs—where millions of creatures cover its beaches as they make their way from land to sea—is a true natural spectacle. However, little is known ...

The annual migration of Christmas Island's red crabs -- where millions of creatures cover its beaches as they make their way from land to sea -- is a true natural spectacle.