New research has revealed that a hairy crustacean—dubbed "The Hoff crab" when it was discovered in 2010—is the first species ...

The species, which has the official name of Kiwa tyleri, lives in large communities around hot vents on the seafloor in ...

Male crabs of a species named after actor David Hasselhoff grow bigger claws than females so they can fight each other for a ...

Yeti crab, Kiwa hirsuta itself is the most well-known species, but a close relative, Kiwa tyleri (also known as the Hoff crab ...

Scientists from the University of Southampton worked with the University of Portsmouth to discover a new species of crab.

The species, which has the official name of Kiwa tyleri, lives in large communities around hot vents on the seafloor in Antarctica and its many hairs host bacteria which the crab feeds on.