Yeti Crab

PHOTOS: Recently-Found Creatures Living At World's Deepest Sea Vents

Posted 01.28.2012

The discovery of the deepest known "black smoker" vents has revealed eyeless shrimps and white tentacled anemones living 3.1 miles below the surface i...

Newly Discovered Crabs Named After Hasselhoff

Posted 01.06.2012

Forget being roasted on national television, starring in your own reality show or being the poster child for red swim trunks, how do you know when you...

Researchers Find Ocean Near Antarctica Teeming With New Species

Posted 01.06.2012

A series of new undersea discoveries show that life on Earth can thrive where it is least expected. In the Southern Ocean near Antarctica, a team of r...

New Hairy-Chested Yeti Crab Dubbed 'The Hoff'

The Huffington Post | Joanna Zelman | Posted 01.05.2012

It's creepy, it's crawly and it's so hairy that it has been informally named in honor of the strapping, hairy-chested David Hasselhoff. "The Hoff" ...

WATCH: 'Yeti Crab' Grows Its Own Food ... On Its Arms

Posted 12.07.2011

A recently discovered species of crab is one of the weirdest farmers you will ever meet. Kiwa puravida, a species of "Yeti crab," lives near undersea ...

9 Weirdest-Looking Animals You Didn't Know Existed (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | ThienVinh Nguyen | Posted 05.25.2011

From newly-discovered deep sea crustaceans to rodent-resembling primates, nature has brought us some outright weird-looking creatures. Check out thes...