With bad attitudes, huge appetites and lightning-quick claws that pack the power of a gunshot, mantis shrimp are the last thing anyone wants in their fish tank. Just ask the frustrated scientists ...

New Zealand officials are investigating the appearance of Japanese mantis shrimp in the country's northern coastal waters, reported Phys.org. Researchers trapping invasive Asian paddle crabs in ...

Like other reef species, mantis shrimp are likely affected by warming sea temperatures, ocean acidification, habitat destruction, and pollution. They are preyed on by large fish, cuttlefish, squid ...

With over 450 species of mantis shrimp worldwide, they are a common sight seen in a variety of different colors and can grow anywhere from 12 to 15 inches in length.

With over 450 species of mantis shrimp worldwide, they are a common sight seen in a variety of different colors and can grow anywhere from 12 to 15 inches in length.

There are almost 500 known species of mantis shrimp. However, they stay well concealed in their rocky and sandy burrows, and only a few scientists study them, so there are probably many new mantis ...

With over 450 species of mantis shrimp worldwide, they are a common sight seen in a variety of different colors and can grow anywhere from 12 to 15 inches in length.

A new study of the infamous mantis shrimp reveals that for many species, newborn mantis shrimp pack a serious punch within about a week of hatching, though their strength is nothing compared to ...

Researchers have long known that the mantis shrimp eye contains 12 color receptors, but they had no idea why.Humans and most other animals use three color-receptors to see the spectrum of light.

Some years ago, I sailed to Australia's Lizard Island, where researchers kindly allowed me to wander around their laboratory on my own. One day I found, kind of sitting up in a white cup, a 4-inch ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The mantis shrimp, one of the ocean’s most ornery creatures, can take on attacks from its own species without getting injured. Its strategy could solve a big manufacturing ...

"The strike velocity of a mantis shrimp’s large, powerful claws is one of the fastest movements of any animal on earth," the Chesapeake Bay Program's profile on the species says. "It takes a ...