"Youngworld: The Mantis Shrimp Matrix" by artist Sarah Pedinotti explores empathy, the waste crisis and more through the colorful crustacean.

For an animal that rarely grows longer than a human hand, the mantis shrimp delivers one of the most violent movements in all of biology. Tucked beneath its body are a pair of club-like appendages tha ...

The peacock mantis shrimp is barely the length of a human finger, yet its front claw moves faster than almost any strike in ...

The mantis shrimp is neither a mantis nor a shrimp, but it does wield perhaps the most stunning strike in the animal kingdom. Sitting below its face are two hammers, which the crustacean cocks back ...

"Beautiful" and "deadly" are two descriptors you don’t typically see attached to shrimp. But the mantis shrimp is in a class of its own. This colorful specimen has earned a reputation for being one of ...

Scientists have predicted more could be seen in the British Isles in the face of climate change.

The mantis shrimp comes equipped with its own weapons. It has claws that look like permanently clenched fists that are known as dactyl clubs. But when it smashes the shells of its prey, these fists ...

The mantis shrimp is one of evolution's greatest hits—literally. This pugnacious crustacean (not technically a shrimp) cocks back its hammer-limbs and smashes prey with such ferocity, a shockwave ...