Scientists reconstructed 500 million years of evolutionary history to reveal which came first: colorful signals or the color vision needed to see them.

This creature’s ‘punch’ is so fast and so powerful, it boils the water around it and produces actual flashes of light. In 1998, a notoriously aggressive peacock mantis shrimp called Tyson in Norfolk, ...

10. The Mantis Shrimp Owner of Nature’s Most Complex Eyes Mantis Shrimp. Image via Openverse. Though some mantis shrimp species inhabit relatively shallow waters and might be familiar to marine ...

Camarão Mantis. Imagem via Openverse. Though some mantis shrimp species inhabit relatively shallow waters and might be familiar to marine enthusiasts, these remarkable crustaceans deserve inclusion ...

When throwing punches, mantis shrimp can strike at the speed of a .22 caliber bullet (about 1,316 kmph or 818 mph)—one of the fastest movements in the animal kingdom.

Mantis shrimp are territorial animals and vigorously defend their territory against intruders. When fighting with other mantis shrimp, they follow strict rules to avoid serious injury: the opponents ...

The mantis shrimp can smash through the shells of prey with its powerful strike. Credit: johnandersonphoto/Getty One of the world’s most fearsome crustaceans has evolved to deliver deadly ...

A new species of shrimp previously thought to be part of another species was identified in the Indian River Lagoon on Florida’s Atlantic coast. Photo from the Florida Guidebook via Unsplash A ...

Walkers on coast of Isle of Wight find “elusive” predator, a mantis shrimp, “tangled in seagrass.” A video shows the aquatic animal swim.

Researchers out trapping Asian paddle crabs — an invasive species — in Tauranga Harbor were “shocked” to find they’d caught a Japanese mantis shrimp, according to a Dec. 11 Facebook Post ...