These shrimp are well known for the extremely fast punching motion that they do with their front appendages to kill and break ...

The mantis shrimp and pistol shrimp are two of the ocean’s most powerful small predators, each armed with a weapon that seems impossible for their size. One delivers a punch as fast as a bullet, while ...

Armed with a spring-loaded club and a devastating ‘double whammy’ strike, this shrimp is one of evolution’s strangest predators. The ocean is full of animals that seem to violate common sense. Fish ...

It’s time to kick off SciFri’s Charismatic Creature Carnival! Welcome to our celebration of creatures that are overlooked or unfairly maligned by the general public, which, if you look a little closer ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. At first glance, the mantis shrimp is an unassuming ...