Take, for example, the coconut crab: a giant beast so well known ... these photos were taken on Australia’s Christmas Island and were originally posted by the island’s tourism board on their ...

The blue crab species Discoplax celeste is only found on Christmas Island. It is one of more than 20 species of land crab on the island. With more than 150 million red crabs on Christmas Island ...

the Christmas Island red crab migration. Every year, the island's ~50 million crabs trek from the forest to the coast to breed. Since the ideal breeding conditions are incredibly specific — it ...

In the secluded isolation of Christmas Island, crabs have become the guardians of a lush rainforest kingdom. The robber crab is an unruly king, with a meter-wide leg-span and claws that can open a ...

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 ...

Keeping 60 mil crabs from perishing under car tires is a yearly task on Christmas Island, but an innovative device creates ...

With more than 150 million red crabs on Christmas Island, their annual migration from the interior of the remote island to the coast can be hard to miss. But their equally colourful neighbours ...