With a single blow, a mantis shrimp can kill prey or defend its territory ... similar to the coating of human teeth. Beneath this coating is an approximately 500-micrometer-thick layer of ...

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 ...

In New Zealand, government officials are looking into how a species called the "thumb splitter" wound up in the ... enough to split open human thumbs. Japanese mantis shrimp can alter their ...

In a new study, scientists tested the complex layers in the animal’s clubs that serve as mighty shields to absorb the shock of the impact Sara Hashemi Daily Correspondent Mantis shrimp are ...