With only 5% of the ocean being explored, it is not surprising that creatures exist beneath its surface that are a complete mystery. As new species are discovered, scientists work diligently to learn ...

Armed with kaleidoscopic eyesight, the ability to send secret messages and a punch so fast it can boil water, mantis shrimps are a force to be reckoned with. What is a mantis shri ...

The mantis shrimp, like the honey badger, is internet royalty. They’re the stuff of breathless blog posts and flamboyant memery, practically built for the Impact font. There aren’t many marine ...

The eyes of the mantis shrimp have more types of photoreceptors, or color-detecting cells, than any animal on the planet. But the bottom-dwelling sea creatures are surprisingly bad at discriminating ...

Tufts University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation US. As humans, we experience an amazing world of colour, but what can other animals see? Some see much more than us, but how ...