Shrimp, in addition to being a tasty addition to many cuisines around the world, is sometimes used as an insult to call a person small or short. But did you know there are over 2,000 species of shrimp ...

There are more than 400 different species of mantis shrimp. Peacock mantis shrimp—also called harlequin or painted mantis shrimp—are arguably the best-known of the family. These critters get ...

Brazilian scientists from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) have detected a new species of buffalo shrimp which they named Alpheus Coralvivo after the Living Coral Project, it was reported.

Brazilian and British researchers have observed that a small crustacean that changes color according to the marine vegetation ...

As processed shrimp is often peeled it can be difficult even for experts to discern shrimp species based on physical characteristics alone. “When you peel the shrimp, they look similar ...

She and her colleagues found that shrimp ... and females from different sides of the isthmus together, they snapped aggressively instead of courting. They had become separate species, just as ...

Different shrimp species from various habitats exhibit distinct microbial profiles, suggesting that both habitat heterogeneity and host selection play significant roles in shaping these ...

During his dives and other survey efforts, Wittmann found dozens of shrimp with ... variation of the new species. Wittmann recorded “at least six strongly different colour variants ...