The mantis shrimp is one of the most fascinating and powerful creatures in the ocean, boasting biology that seems almost ...

Fledgling crustaceans have eyes like the sea, a peculiarity that could help them hide from predators. Young shrimp, crab or lobster larvae already rock nearly translucent bodies to stay out of view.

The word ‘Triops’ means “three-eyes” in Greek. The animals are not considered to be shrimps, but just like shrimp these small figures live in water. In fact, Triops can adapt to an ...

The conundrum being: if eyes are transparent, you can’t see out of them. Shrimp larvae, it turns out, have solved for that. They can almost completely camouflage their eyeballs, using a glittery ...