Most Australians only know three things about Christmas Island: it has lots of crabs, a notorious detention centre and is closer to Bali than our mainland.

The local authority even builds “crab bridges,” long, narrow overpasses spanning roads to help crabs cross safely. “Parks ...

Christmas Island Tourism posted about the occurrence ... to compelling human interest stories According to Parks Australia, the robber crab is the biggest land crustacean in the world and can ...

the Christmas Island red crab migration. Every year, the island's ~50 million crabs trek from the forest to the coast to breed. Since the ideal breeding conditions are incredibly specific — it ...