The researchers found that special proteins and natural pigments work together to help the animals sense a wider range of ...

When Lindsey Dougherty was an undergraduate student at CU Boulder in 2011, she got the chance to visit North Sulawesi, Indonesia, on a research trip. There, in the clear tropical waters off the coast, ...

Mantis shrimp have a reputation as the animals that see colors no human ever will. But new research reveals a surprise.

A UH researcher found mantis shrimp proteins and pigments help detect far-red light beyond human vision.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nothing else in the animal kingdom packs a punch like the mantis shrimp. This tiny, colorful crustacean delivers a wallop at 23 ...

Mantis shrimp are small marine predators with some of the fastest and most specialized hunting weapons in the animal kingdom.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The bizarre and violent mantis shrimp has many awestruck fans on land.

The colorful mantis shrimp is known for powerful claws that can stun prey with 200 lbs. (91 kilograms) of force. Now, new research finds that these aggressive crustaceans are weird in another way: ...

Mantis shrimps throw the fastest punches in the ocean. Using their forelimbs like clubs, the small crustaceans deliver blows so quickly and forcefully that pockets of seawater vaporize in implosions ...

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 ...

A researcher encountered a colorful creature called a disco clam in an Indonesian reef. Now, recent research suggests that she may be narrowing in on answering why this bivalve looks so wild. When ...