The mantis shrimp Odontodactylus scyllarus has a bewildering abundance of color receptors—twelve to our three. The eyes also move and perceive depth independently of each other, and can see ...

There are plenty of scary creatures on Earth (and especially in the ocean), but one of the most powerful might come as a surprise. After all, it's pretty tiny.

Growing to around the length of a butter knife, peacock mantis shrimp have rainbow shells—usually blue, green, and yellow—and red legs. Their purple eyes sit on top of stalks above their head ...

But the wildest eyes, and one of the most complex visual systems discovered yet can be found in the ocean...punching things. Let’s live a day in the life of… a mantis shrimp! Allow me to ...

The mantis shrimp's club uses a built-in vibration shield that filters out damaging shock waves to enable it to strike with ...

While humans have three kinds of colour-receptive cones in their eyes; the mantis shrimp has up to twelve. The zebra mantis shrimp is the largest mantis shrimp in the world, growing over 40 cm in ...

A mantis shrimp's punch creates high-energy waves. Its exoskeleton is designed to absorb that energy, preventing cracking and tissue damage.

The mantis shrimp's vision ... transforms even in artificial or hostile environments. Finally, towering shrimp eyes -- magnified and iridescent -- transmit fragmented narratives from the ocean ...

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 ...