Nothing else in the animal kingdom packs a punch like the mantis shrimp. This tiny, colorful crustacean delivers a wallop at 23 meters per second – a king-hit delivering a jaw-dropping 1,500 newtons ...

To prepare the mixed pasta with mantis shrimp and shrimp tails, start by cooking the mantis shrimp: blanch the whole mantis shrimp in water for about 20 seconds (1), then drain them (2) and transfer ...

Scampi cakes, or tortini di canocchie as they call them in southern Italy, are one of those dishes that totally capture the ...

Mantis shrimp live on bright, shallow reefs where light keeps changing. It bounces off sand, flashes off fish scales, and ...

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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 ...

You probably wouldn’t want to step into a boxing ring with a mantis shrimp. Don’t let their small size fool you – these colourful crustaceans are among the mightiest fighters of the marine world.

CHICAGO — Quickly darting up a cement cast of artist Jack Schneider’s left arm, Cthulhu, a brightly colored mantis shrimp, snatches a clam before retreating below a rock in a 75-gallon, acrylic tank.

The rainbow mantis shrimp has eyestalks that give it an alien look. This is something that a rainbow mantis shrimp's eyes can ...

Researchers knew the mantis shrimp had some tricked-out peepers—its visual world consists of 11 to 12 basic colors (compared with three for humans) as well as infrared and ultraviolet light. If you're ...