The mantis shrimp is a fearsome marine predator. Discover more about them and one clam's unlikely defense against their ...

Growing to around the length of a butter knife, peacock mantis shrimp have rainbow shells—usually blue, green, and yellow—and red legs. Their purple eyes sit on top of stalks above their head ...

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 ...

Mantis shrimp are truly spectacular predators of the marine world. Like a praying mantis, the mantis shrimp use a specialised pair of forelimbs to capture prey and are divided into the ‘spearers ...

Mantis shrimp have remarkable colour vision ... have tetrachromatic vision. In addition to red, green and blue, they can also see UV light. This helps them identify mates, find food and navigate.