At 3 inches long, the mantis shrimp living at the Monterey Bay Aquarium are too small for such shenanigans. But even small mantis shrimp are called "thumb- splitters" because of their ability to ...

Size matters to the small-but-mighty mantis shrimp, which show a marked preference for burrows in coral rubble with volumes that closely match their own body size or are just a bit larger—in ...

In studying the tiny shrimp, the authors of the paper reveal that juvenile mantis shrimp as small as a grain of rice possess the same punching ability as their parents. They may use this in order ...

Jan. 5 -- They may be shrimps, but they pack a powerful punch. The so-called smasher variety of the mantis shrimp attacks by whamming down the lower edge of its dull, calcified cl ...

Mantis shrimp aren’t actually shrimp but are stomatopods, related to crabs and lobsters. The video above shows how the small but mighty peacock mantis shrimp can easily disarm its prey.

Research out of the University of California Riverside has unravelled another secret that helps the mantis shrimp's claw move as fast as a .22 caliber bullet but not suffer any damage.

A new study provides insight into how the small brains of mantis shrimp - fierce predators with keen vision that are among the fastest strikers in the animal kingdom - are able to make sense of a ...

In mantis shrimp, two small structures embedded in the tendons of the muscles called sclerites act as the appendage’s latch.

The mantis shrimp may be beautiful, but its cell structure is of the most interest to researchers. Written by Charlie Osborne, Contributing Writer June 1, 2016, 2:40 a.m. PT Screenshot via YouTube ...

The small creatures washed ashore after the remnants of Hurricane Ian tore through Delaware's coast. Though they have been compared to shrimp and lobsters, the creature is neither.

Modeling the mechanics of the strongest punch in the animal kingdom, researchers built a robot that mimics the movement of the mantis shrimp. These pugnacious crustaceans could pave the way for small, ...