Nothing else in the animal kingdom packs a punch like the mantis shrimp. This tiny, colorful crustacean delivers a wallop at 23 meters per second – a king-hit delivering a jaw-dropping 1,500 newtons ...

Armed with kaleidoscopic eyesight, the ability to send secret messages and a punch so fast it can boil water, mantis shrimps are a force to be reckoned with. What is a mantis shri ...

The mantis shrimp doesn’t rely on size or strength — it relies on timing and physics. Its strike accelerates faster than a ...

Researchers have struggled to determine how mantis shrimp withstand repeated high-impact forces without structural damage. Known for their powerful punch, mantis shrimp can smash a shell with the ...

Berkeley - Forget boxers Oscar de la Hoya and Shane Mosley. The fastest punches are delivered by a lowly crustacean - the stomatopod, or mantis shrimp. With the help of a BBC camera crew and the loan ...

Rainbow shrimp vision is the most complex of any animal on Earth. Also known as the mantis shrimp, the creature has between 12 and 16 photoreceptors, allowing them to see light in wavelengths ranging ...

O. scyllarus is one of the larger, more colourful mantis shrimps commonly seen, ranging in size from 3–18 cm. Image by Roy L. Caldwell, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, ...

Peacock mantis shrimp like Douglas are “called thumb-splitters in the aquarium business,” said Elliot Provance, director of living collections and exhibitions at Discovery Place. ALEX CASON Among the ...

Known for their powerful punch, mantis shrimp can smash a shell with the force of a .22 caliber bullet. Yet, amazingly, these tough critters remain intact despite the intense shockwaves created by ...