Why does the mantis shrimp have such advanced color vision? The mantis shrimp uses its vision to navigate coral reefs, where colors play a key role in communication and camouflage. Its twelve ...

The park is considered one of the world's best places for snorkeling, where visitors can swim with sea turtles and encounter seahorses, moray eels, mantis shrimp, and the beloved orange-and-white ...

The vast ocean is a realm of mystery and wonder, home to an incredible diversity of life forms. While dolphins and whales often steal the spotlight for their intelligence, many other marine creatures ...

Mantis Shrimp. Image via Openverse. While the mantis shrimp might seem out of place on a list of stealthy predators given its remarkable striking speed, its hunting strategy begins with careful ...

The Oculina Bank coral reef, found nowhere else in the world, is thousands of years old and habitat for species of grouper ...

Oculina Bank is world renowned: Allowing rock shrimp trawling near Oculina coral reef an example of when we got it wrong Scientists first discovered the Oculina coral reef in 1975, according to NOAA.

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council is considering reopening the Oculina Bank coral reef to rock shrimp trawling nets. Conservationists say that would destroy the rare coral reef found ...

Florida coral reef: Will fishing council let rock shrimp nets drag the rare Oculina Bank? The Oculina Bank coral reef, found nowhere else in the world, is thousands of years old and habitat for ...

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