Trichocallia delicatula, or the beautiful hairy ghost shrimp, has “tubular, hair-like” growths on the pleopods, or fan-like ...

Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia Info from Licensor: "This is a flashily colored Peacock Mantis Shrimp. When it senses ...

In a new study, scientists tested the complex layers in the animal's clubs that serve as mighty shields to absorb the shock of the impact ...

Loud animals include not just lions and whales, but also surprising creatures like tiny insects and deep-sea dwellers that ...

The punch of the mantis shrimp has been studied in detail. As it moves through the water at high speed, it produces what is known as a cavitation bubble. As water is pushed aside at high speed, its ...

Scientists say the crustaceans have developed a visual system based on proteins that help them detect the little light that ...

Mantis shrimp are among the ocean’s most formidable predators, delivering one of the most powerful and fastest punches in the ...

Scientists found deep-sea shrimp evolved special vision to detect bioluminescent light and navigate their world.

Brazilian and British researchers have observed that a small crustacean that changes color according to the marine vegetation is able to disguise itself in exotic algae that did not evolve together ...

Scientists have confirmed that not Mike Tyson, but the mantis shrimp has the fastest punch in the world using its special ...

A mantis shrimp's punch creates high-energy waves. Its exoskeleton is designed to absorb that energy, preventing cracking and tissue damage.

The molds and plate were removed after three hours of curing, and the team applied silicon adhesive to bond the rigid ...