If sea creatures were Marvel comic book characters, the peacock mantis shrimp would be Thor. These colorful crustaceans have a hammerlike claw that can smash prey with the acceleration of a ...

For two years they tried and failed to catch a mantis shrimp—until now. Stranded on a reef battered by 30-knot winds, they hooked a giant—but it vanished into its burrow. Every second was a gamble.

The peacock mantis shrimp is the Mike Tyson of the shrimp world, capable of delivering a mean punch. The impact pressure from these little guys rivals that of a small-caliber bullet. Despite their ...

Mantis shrimp claws come in a dizzying array of shapes -- from spiny and barbed spears to hatchets and hammers. Rather than evolving in a coordinated way, a new study finds that each part of the ...

Juvenile snapping shrimp have broken the acceleration record for a repeatable body movement underwater. The tiny crustaceans can snap their claws with an acceleration of nearly 600,000 metres per ...

DEWEY BEACH, Del. -- Beachgoers have recently noticed and taken interest in an unusual population of crustaceans on Dewey Beach. The small creatures washed ashore after the remnants of Hurricane Ian ...

The snapping shrimp, aka the pistol shrimp, is one of the loudest creatures in the ocean, thanks to the snaps produced by its whip-fast claws. And juvenile snapping shrimp are even faster than their ...

Full-grown snapping shrimp were already known to have some of the fastest claws under the waves. But it turns out they’re nothing compared with their kids. Juvenile snapping shrimp produce the highest ...

Out beachcombing or taking a look at conditions after the storm? Keep your distance from mantis shrimp, and make sure your pets do too. Many Delaware beaches, including Dewey Beach and Delaware ...