Inspired by the old Native American canoes of the Puget Sound, Pocock discovered that Western red cedar had a wide variety of qualities that made it perfect for racing shells; its low density made ...

There’s only one freshwater hermit crab, Clibanarius fonticola, which is native to Vanuatu ... hard exoskeleton and can’t grow their own shells. Instead, hermit crabs have a hard exoskeleton ...