Mantis shrimp are among the ocean’s most formidable predators, delivering one of the most powerful and fastest punches in the ...

Insights from probing the shock-absorbing layer within the crustacean’s club-like claw could inspire the design of tough new ...

Mantis shrimp are colorful creatures with an incredibly powerful punch — comparable to a .22 caliber bullet. This punch is ...

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

Meanwhile “smashers” like the peacock mantis shrimp use their hammer-like claws to attack their hard-shelled ... to perceive depth with either eye. Human eyes have three photoreceptors ...

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 ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about the world of biology. At first glance, the mantis shrimp is an unassuming crustacean that spends its days scuttling along the ...

Known for their powerful punch, mantis shrimp can smash a shell with the force of a .22 caliber bullet. Yet, amazingly, these ...