You won’t be calling a guy a shrimp when he’s wearing super strong mantis armor. Using electron microscopes, engineers have been studying how the mantis shrimp’s strong hammer-like claws work at the ...

Researchers have figured out how a tiny tropical crustacean packs an outsized punch. And they are using that knowledge to engineer super-durable materials that could protect troops in the line of fire ...

Spy Crab joins a male peacock mantis shrimp on his hunt. Despite his size, peacock mantis shrimp packs the most powerful punch in the world. [Narrator] It is a peacock mantis shrimp. Despite its size, ...

The peacock mantis shrimp is the Mike Tyson of the shrimp world, capable of delivering a mean punch. The impact pressure from these little guys rivals that of a small-caliber bullet. Despite their ...

When you think about fearsome predators in the ocean, the first thing that pops into your mind is probably a shark. Sure, sharks are OK, with their sleek, menacing shape and their gaping jaws with ...

With bad attitudes, huge appetites and lightning-quick claws that pack the power of a gunshot, mantis shrimp are the last thing anyone wants in their fish tank. Just ask the frustrated scientists at ...

Bridget McNabb in Sandbridge was “so amused” by a praying mantis just hanging out on an old oil storage tank staring at her that she took a photo of it. And Ann Matteson snapped a photo of a ghost ...

When you think about fearsome predators in the ocean, the first thing that pops into your mind is probably a shark. Sure, sharks are okay, with their sleek, menacing shape and their gaping jaws with ...

To a mantis shrimp, walking away from a fight doesn't mean being a wimp. It means recognizing who they're up against and knowing when to bail rather than drag out a doomed battle, researchers say.