Light is a primary driver of visual evolution in shrimp, according to new FIU research published this week in Nature ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

Researchers measure activity of an exercising shrimp by time, speed and oxygen level. The shrimp treadmill was invented and built by Scholnick.

Animals don’t see the world the way humans do. Some detect ultraviolet light, others sense heat, and some even see polarized ...

The last two layers are made of chitin, a sugar molecule found in some plants and animals, including the shells of lobsters, shrimp, and insects. A team of researchers at Northwestern University ...

A new species of shrimp previously thought to be part of ... North America,” according to Florida State Parks. About 2,200 animal species and 685 fish species have been documented in the ...

A marine animal caught unintentionally by commercial fishing gear is known as bycatch. Dolphins trapped in nets targeting ...