It's not dead oak and beech leaves on their minds, however, but another red-tinted carpet—100 million crimson-colored crabs.

Tens of millions of red crabs are making their annual migration to the ocean on Christmas Island. The island's 1,200 human ...

Christmas Island is officially crawling with crabs.

The island off mainland Australia experiences the event every summer, when around 50 million crabs scuttle down from their ...

The red crab migration is currently underway in Australia, as millions of crabs emerge from the forests of Christmas Island, ...

The annual red crab migration on Christmas Island has begun, as millions of crabs have emerged simultaneously from their ...

Emerging from the rainforest floors of Christmas Island, a sea of red crabs embark on their annual journey to the ocean to breed and lay eggs. They follow the same migration route each year and take ...

Every year, more than 100 million red crabs travel across Christmas Island in Australia, from the rainforest to the sea, in ...

Every year, Christmas Island, located in the Indian Ocean near the Indonesian Island of Java, becomes a striking sight as ...

Tens of millions of crabs have started their annual migration odyssey on Christmas Island, turning the territory into a red ...

The migration, which usually lasts for days, sees the crabs journey from the island off the coast of Western Australia to the ...

Christmas Island residents are once again sharing their home with millions of red crabs as they make their way to the ocean, with their numbers having "skyrocketed" in recent years.