There are more than 400 different species of mantis shrimp. Peacock mantis shrimp—also called harlequin or painted mantis shrimp—are arguably the best-known of the family. These critters get ...

New species of shark, sea butterfly, mud dragon, bamboo coral, water bear, octocoral, and shrimp were just some of the marine ...

Shrimp is a type of shellfish typically found in oceans. Some shrimp species are also found in freshwater lakes, streams, and ...

Caption A new species of terrestial shrimp, found in the soil and in the trees of the Cyclops Mountains. This shrimp belongs to a lineage that is normally found on the seashore, and it was an ...

The mantis shrimp comes equipped with its own weapons. It has claws that look like permanently clenched fists that are known as dactyl clubs. But when it smashes the shells of its prey, these fists ...

MIGRATION: Fairy shrimp are nonmigratory and have limited movement. Any dispersal of the species is likely caused by animal vectors wading or walking through wet or dry pools inhabited by fairy shrimp ...

According to the Libya Observer, a team of scientists from the University of Benghazi and the Ibleo Center of ...

And now, with the looming threat of global climate change and decreased rainfall predicted for southern California, not only the Riverside fairy shrimp but a suite of rare vernal pool species — as ...

The more recently discovered eusocial organisms include a few species of shrimp, aphids, and thrips. There are at least two separate origins of eusociality within the Synalpheus shrimps (Duffy et al.

Environmental scientists say invasive plants are also a major worry, such as wild ginger (alpinia allughas) originally from ...