Mantis shrimp live in warm, shallow waters in the Indian and Pacific oceans. To build a home, they use their raptor-like front arm to dig burrows on the seabed surrounding a coral reef.

Mantis shrimp are among the ocean’s most formidable predators, delivering one of the most powerful and fastest punches in the ...

There are hundreds of species of mantis shrimp, but the peacock is the most well-known. It lives in coral reefs, digging burrows in the sand to make its home. These shrimp are not social and ...

Mantis shrimp withstand repeated high-impact forces without structural damage. Researchers discovered the shrimp's clubs feature a protective pattern that controls how stress waves travel through its ...

The discovery that the eye of a particular mantis shrimp has an achromatic quarter ... in our study are found in and around coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific area, but there are other species ...

Skipping over this neural processing step is a key to surviving in the "color-rich world of coral reefs that [the mantis shrimp] inhabits," the researchers said. The mantis shrimp is a ferocious ...

Largely undiscovered, the ocean hosts bizarre creatures, highlighting our limited understanding of the planet's mysterious ...

Cleaner fish and shrimp play a vital role in maintaining the health of coral reef ecosystems through their cleaning symbiosis with client fish. This interaction involves cleaner species removing ...