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, which is also known as the robber crab and Birgus latro, is not just the largest arthropod on our planet; it is also considered one of the most fascinating creatures. Native to the ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- Not very much has been learned about coconut crabs since Charles Darwin first described how these fearfully powerful crustaceans can crack open the fruit of the palm tree for ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... There’s a theory that giant crabs overwhelmed Amelia Earhart, dismembered her and carried her bones underground. Speculative, at best. Sounds crazy, we know.

Imagine you’re a red-footed booby napping on a not-quite-high-enough branch of a tree. It’s nighttime on an island in the middle of the Indian Ocean, and you can’t see much of what’s around you. Then, ...

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 ...

One of the largest crustacean in the world, coconut crabs have even bigger reputations. It took me a while to realise just how gargantuan robber crabs are. That was, until I came across an image of ...