Don’t let the name fool you – coconut crabs are massive, powerful, and not something you want sneaking around your campsite.

Coconut crabs are an anomaly compared to other crustaceans. They can weigh up to nine pounds, measure three feet across, and climb trees, hunting for coconuts to methodically husk and eat.

Giant land crabs are scuttling around the Central Florida coast, giving some a scare and others a painful pinch.The crabs spend a lot of time underground, but right now, they're coming out of ...

Beachside motorists beware: giant land crabs could be your next roadkill. Dark-brown splotches of crushed crabs blemish some stretches of road from Brevard to Vero Beach in Florida. "This is the ...

A newly-captured video of an island-dwelling giant crab brutalizing an innocent ... and because it’s a land-dwelling crab it’s not unusual for humans to run into them. Thankfully they ...

A rare crab known for its bright blue color and giant size hasn’t been spotted ... The coconut crab, or Birgus Latro, is the largest land arthropod and one of the decapod crustaceans.

"If you see one, you know it's something different," said Dr. Bronwyn Williams, research curator with the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences, about the blue land crab. As big as a good-sized coconut ...

It's breeding season for central Florida's giant land crabs and the crustaceans are out crawling across yards and roads in search of a mate. WESH's Dan Billow reports.Sept. 10, 2015 ...

Invasive blue land crabs native to warmer climes have been spotted along the Georgia coast recently, wildlife officials warned Wednesday. The blue land crabs, as their name implies, live much of ...

There's nothing like sharing the love, but officials as far north as North Carolina aren't smiling over the latest invasive species making its way up the East Coast from Florida: blue land crabs.