Mantis shrimp live in warm, shallow waters in the Indian and Pacific oceans. To build a home, they use their raptor-like front arm to dig burrows on the seabed surrounding a coral reef.

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But the biggest threat to the peacock mantis shrimp is climate change. Like all reef species, warming waters are a threat to their habitat and feeding grounds. Fortunately, the mantis shrimp is ...

I write about the world of biology. At first glance, the mantis shrimp is an unassuming crustacean that spends its days scuttling along the seafloor. But don’t let their small size fool you into ...

The invasive species, nicknamed “the thumb splitter” is also known to make a “rumbling growl sound,” officials said.

The discovery that the eye of a particular mantis shrimp has an achromatic quarter ... whereas others inhabit holes in the reef, defending them with a punch that can break glass and shatter ...

Researchers out trapping Asian paddle crabs – an invasive species – in Tauranga Harbour were “shocked” to find they’d caught a Japanese mantis shrimp, according to a Facebook post last ...

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 ...

The Japanese mantis shrimp has been recorded for the first time in New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty in Tauranga Harbor. Getty Images/iStockphoto Government officials in New Zealand are investigating ...