Researchers have described an unusual species of shrimp found in north Queensland, which scales 100-meter high waterfalls, changes gender, and uses nets on its front legs to eat.
Plants & Animals
Dec 16, 2019
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Scientists have discovered the world's oldest "comma" shrimp, a tiny crustacean shaped like its punctuation namesake.
Plants & Animals
Nov 27, 2019
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When Lindsey Dougherty was an undergraduate student at CU Boulder in 2011, she got the chance to visit North Sulawesi, Indonesia, on a research trip. There, in the clear tropical waters off the coast, she encountered an animal ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 18, 2019
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Single-sex prawns could help alleviate poverty, reduce disease and protect the environment, according to researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) who have developed a monosex prawn that may make this winning ...
Ecology
Sep 4, 2019
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How do you protect yourself from the perfect striking weapon? You develop the perfect shield.
Materials Science
Jun 10, 2019
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Researchers have for the first time traced the roots of crabs, lobsters and shrimp to create the family tree of crustaceans people love to eat.
Evolution
Apr 24, 2019
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Tiny fragments of plastic in the ocean are consumed by sea anemones along with their food, and bleached anemones retain these microfibers longer than healthy ones, according to new research from Carnegie's Manoela Romanó ...
Environment
Mar 28, 2019
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Researchers in Singapore can now explain what gives the mantis shrimp, a marine crustacean that hunts by battering its prey with its club-like appendages, the most powerful punch in the animal kingdom. In a paper publishing ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 18, 2018
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Shrimp help keep fish clean—and scientists have identified the 'cleaner shrimp' with the most talent for reducing parasites and chemical use in farmed fish.
Ecology
Oct 11, 2018
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It's a mystery how cleaner shrimp partner with would-be fish predators—sometimes even climbing in their mouths—without getting eaten. A new study reveals how the shrimp convinces fish not to eat them, and the fish conveys ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 21, 2018
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