The architect suggests that Lady Croom hire a hermit (an actual job position in those days) to live in it by taking out an ad in the newspaper. “But surely,” Lady Croom replies, “a hermit ...

The mountaintop home of an Italian hermit who lived in the U.S. in the 1860s still attracts a handful of pilgrims Photographs by Gabriel Ellison-Scowcroft; Text by Jennie Rothenberg Gritz Left ...

From feeding children to feeding birds. In the olden days middle-aged lady hermits were burned as witches for refusing to ...

What is a hermit crab? There are over 800 species of hermit crabs worldwide, and almost all are ocean dwellers—though people are likely most familiar with the dozen semi-terrestrial species ...

Angela Sayre, the founder of Crustacean Plantation, a nonprofit dedicated to crab conservation and rehabilitation, captured the clip A hermit crab rescuer is sharing a rare look at the fascinating ...