You may have 20/20 vision, but alas, your eyes are no match for those of the mantis shrimp. And now, this unique sea creature has inspired researchers at the University of Illinois to create an ...

Nothing else in the animal kingdom packs a punch like the mantis shrimp. This tiny, colorful crustacean delivers a wallop at 23 meters per second – a king-hit delivering a jaw-dropping 1,500 newtons ...

The mantis shrimp and pistol shrimp are two of the ocean’s most powerful small predators, each armed with a weapon that seems ...

Last week I discovered, via Discover Magazine in fact, that the marvellous mantis shrimp was not quite the creature I thought it to be. Mantis shrimp - or Stomatopods - as we science types like to ...

Size matters to the small-but-mighty mantis shrimp, which show a marked preference for burrows in coral rubble with volumes that closely match their own body size or are just a bit larger—in other ...

After years spent foolishly underestimating the power of shrimp to do much other than fill our bellies with their delicious water-bug meat, we’ve been shocked out of our complacency by a video of one ...

Disco clams (Ctenoides ales) are unusually colorful bivalves: They have bright-red appendages and a strip of tissue that flashes like a strobe light. A new study suggests this flashy appearance could ...

Original artwork of a mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) (Linnaeus, 1758.) Plate is by artist Phan Hay in Manning, R.B., 1995, "Stomatopod Crustacea of Vietnam." (Courtesy of the Smithsonian’s ...

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A new study has revealed that peacock mantis shrimp have mobile eyes that can maintain balance in the face of any motion and see in opposite directions. What Is Special About The Peacock Mantis Shrimp ...

When you think about fearsome predators in the ocean, the first thing that pops into your mind is probably a shark. Sure, sharks are okay, with their sleek, menacing shape and their gaping jaws with ...

MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (August 3, 2016) Mantis shrimp, often brightly colored and fiercely aggressive sea creatures with outsized strength, use the ultraviolet reflectance of their color spots as ...