One onlooker said her son counted 52 robber crabs — also known as coconut crabs — trying to steal the family's food Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with ...

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 ...