Armed with powerful claws and remarkable vision, mantis shrimp are notorious for their ability to deliver lightning-fast strikes. Thus capable of breaking the shells of prey with astonishing ...

A praying mantis is a lanky insect with a triangular head, large eyes, and six long legs, the front two of which seem to be perpetually lifted in prayer. But with over 2,400 species of them on the ...

Mantis shrimp aren’t actually shrimp but are stomatopods, related to crabs and lobsters. The video above shows how the small but mighty peacock mantis shrimp can easily disarm its prey. Watch as a ...

Have a story to tell? See our guidelines at tgam.ca/essayguide. The praying mantis arrived in early September, landing on a stalk of a pitcher plant that was set out on the deck behind our house.

MIT researchers witness largest marine predator-prey spectacle. Capelin spawning provides crucial sustenance for Norway’s Atlantic cod. Climate change threatens capelin migration, impacting Arctic ...

The video above shows how the small but mighty peacock mantis shrimp can easily disarm its prey. Watch as a crab unknowingly wanders into the colorful mantis shrimp’s territory, with bad results ...

The Zebra/Striped mantis is the largest stomatopod, reaching to around 40cm/16”. This ‘spearer’ deserves extreme respect, with adults possessing ‘spring-loaded’ bayonets several centimetres long to ...

Despite the name, Mantis shrimps are not shrimps at all; there’s little 'prawny' about them, despite their shared crustacean origins. They look like a cross between the secret lovechild of a praying ...

In the vast ocean, you might think there’s safety in numbers for fish consider to be “prey” as they seek to elude predators ... It’s also happening with the predators, coming together to coherently ...