Watch an epic underwater showdown as a giant shrimp faces off against the legendary mantis shrimp known for its lightning-fast punch and armored claws. This battle of claws, speed, and survival ...

Known as the “thumb splitter,” the mantis shrimp is one of the ocean’s most powerful predators. In this video, a giant specimen takes on a live goldfish. The speed and force of its strike are shocking ...

Despite their name, mantis shrimp are not true shrimp but a type of stomatopod: a relative of crabs and lobsters that has been on Earth for over 400 million years. There are more than 400 different ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. At first glance, the mantis shrimp is an unassuming ...

It’s time to kick off SciFri’s Charismatic Creature Carnival! Welcome to our celebration of creatures that are overlooked or unfairly maligned by the general public, which, if you look a little closer ...