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

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

In one case in point, South Korean engineers have developed a soft robot capable of quick, powerful joint movements by employing the same mechanism that powers a mantis shrimp's powerful punch.

Mantis shrimp have remarkable colour vision. They have as many as 16 types of photoreceptor cone, compared with the three humans have. And, while the human eye will respond to wavelengths of ...

Shrimp and fleas inspire the latest generation of robotics, using soft, rubbery materials to generate powerful motion.

Depending on the species of mantis shrimp, these appendages are either club-like or spear-like, designed for bludgeoning or piercing, respectively. The mantis shrimp is perhaps most famous for its ...

These spines are equipped with barbs to securely grip their prey, enabling the mantis shrimp to swiftly retract their catch. Smashers: on the other hand, have club-like appendages ... delivering a ...

The Dover Demon, also known as Mr Mantis Shrimp, is an alien that was hired ... of the saddest backstories ever written. She was once human, who took her own life after losing her child to thugs ...