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 ...

This fish has unique eyes split horizontally, enabling it to see above and below the water surface at the same time—ideal for spotting both prey and predators. This information is not DNA's opinion bu ...

“Good for that shrimp !! He wasn’t going out without a fight,” exclaimed another of the hotpot ingredient’s “kriller right hook.” see also Others identified the creature as a mantis ...

Mantis shrimp are small creatures known for their superlatives. Their eyes have 12 to 16 different color receptors versus our ...

Mantis shrimp are truly spectacular predators of the marine world. Like a praying mantis, the mantis shrimp use a specialised pair of forelimbs to capture prey and are divided into the ‘spearers ...

Peacock mantis shrimp are known for their brilliant colours, including shades of green, blue, red and orange. Photo Credit: Flickr ...

In the contest of colour vision equipment, the mantis shrimp takes the top prize. It has perhaps the most extraordinary eyes in the animal kingdom. “They have, in many ways, the most unusual ...

It meanders mindlessly, improvising as it goes. The mantis shrimp Odontodactylus scyllarus has a bewildering abundance of color receptors—twelve to our three. The eyes also move and perceive ...

Mantis shrimp, renowned for their vibrant colors and potent punch, can deliver blows with the force of a .22-caliber bullet. Their raptorial claws, backed by a spring-loaded mechanism, enable this ...

The discovery that the eye of a particular mantis shrimp has an achromatic quarter-waveplate that is superior to modern-day devices could be a source of inspiration to those designing optical ...

An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Living Wonders" by Cara Giaimo and Joshua Foer showed me how many animal and plant life ...