Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Priya covers the ocean, climate change, and the future of our planet. Researchers across the United States, Australia and Sweden ...

Beneath the reef, one of the fastest strikes in the animal kingdom belongs to a creature smaller than a human hand. The ...

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 ...

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Few animals pack as much violence into so small a body as the mantis shrimp. Barely the size of a finger, this brightly colored crustacean throws one of the fastest and most powerful strikes ever ...

Peacock mantis shrimp are one of the larger mantis shrimp species, measuring 1.2 to 7.1 inches in length. Peacock mantis shrimp get their name from their kaleidoscope shell, like a peacock’s tail, and ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- 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, Duke ...

Original artwork of a mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) (Linnaeus, 1758.) Plate is by artist Phan Hay in Manning, R.B., 1995, "Stomatopod Crustacea of Vietnam." (Courtesy of the Smithsonian’s ...

Spectral imaging of a scene containing different coloured objects, as well as the letters NCSU, which contain different polarization states. (Courtesy: Ali Altaqui) A novel hyperspectral and ...