You might be used to shrimp being small, even if it's jumbo shrimp, but mantis shrimp is more like the size of lobster. It's ...

To prepare the mixed pasta with mantis shrimp and shrimp tails, start by cooking the mantis shrimp: blanch the whole mantis shrimp in water for about 20 seconds (1), then drain them (2) and transfer ...

Mantis shrimps are known for their rapid and forceful punches, which can reach speeds comparable to a .22 caliber ...

Rainbow mantis shrimp have 360-degree awareness thanks to their unique vision. Rainbow Mantis Shrimp possess 16 photoreceptors that allow for depth and distance differential. With only 5% of the ocean ...

Mantis shrimp and pistol shrimp use astonishing underwater weapons, from bullet-speed punches to sonic shockwaves. Scientists reveal how these tiny marine creatures evolved some of nature’s most ...

Previous studies had isolated the tail's curl – or telson coil – as key to surviving 'friendly fire' from an aggressive and territorial mantis shrimp, but this latest research has accurately measured ...

O. scyllarus is one of the larger, more colourful mantis shrimps commonly seen, ranging in size from 3–18 cm. Image by Roy L. Caldwell, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, ...

Some of the most innovative and useful inventions have been inspired by nature. Take the Shinkansen bullet train in Japan, whose aerodynamic design is modeled after the kingfisher bird. Or Velcro, ...

The carnivorous species of shrimp are called “thumb splitters” for a reason… A woman dining at a hotpot restaurant in China had the tables turned on her, quite literally, when her unassuming meal ...