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The mantis shrimp is a colourful, 10-cm-long resident of the ocean whose appearance belies its reputation as one of the most ...

My giant pet mantis shrimp just went through an epic molt and I caught the whole transformation on camera. Watch this stunning, alien-like moment as it sheds its exoskeleton and reveals a vibrant new ...

THE world is full of colour – but there’s more than what meets the human eye. There is an untold number of “impossible ...

The mantis shrimp may be small, but it packs a powerful punch—literally. Now, scientists finally have a better understanding of how these tiny crustaceans protect themselves from their own power.

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 ...

Mantis shrimp have a reputation as fighters and it's well deserved. But they also have a romantic side to them, which they show off with a well-choreographed mating dance. A Final Takeoff The ...

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 ...

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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 ...

The mantis shrimp is king of the colour wheel here, detecting ten times more colour than a human. It is believed to see more colours than any other animal on the planet. The three colours they ...