Researchers in Singapore can now explain what gives the mantis shrimp, a marine crustacean that hunts by battering its prey with its club-like appendages, the most powerful punch in the animal kingdom ...

No one can deny that the mantis shrimp is special. The charismatic crustacean looks like a walking Mardi Gras parade and hammers its enemies so fast that water boils. Now scientists have added another ...

Baby animals are often adorable, but this belies the fact that many are born with some pretty intense survival skills. This is especially true for creatures that don't nurture their young since ...

Dubbed the 'Mike Tyson of the Ocean,' the peacock mantis shrimp packs a formidable punch, capable of shattering shells and even aquarium glass. Its lightning-fast strikes, powered by a unique ...

Mantis shrimp (Squilla mantis) don't take kindly to captivity. 'They have a general baseline of being angry', chuckles Kate Feller, currently at the University of Minnesota, USA, recalling how the ...

Mantis shrimp, a group of aggressive, reef-dwelling crustaceans, take more than one first-place ribbon in the animal kingdom. Outwardly, they resemble their somewhat larger lobster cousins, but their ...

Despite their name, mantis shrimp are not true shrimp but a type of stomatopod: a relative of crabs and lobsters that has been on Earth for over 400 million years. There are more than 400 different ...

A surprising amount of technology is inspired by animals. Raptors packing Sidewinder missiles shoot down the occasional suspicious balloon. Scientists deploy robotic sloths to collect vital ecological ...

Mantis shrimp eyes can tell where polarized light is and where it isn't, which helps them detect fish scales, crabs and other prey in seawater. A male mantis shrimp reflects a particular type of ...