Light is a primary driver of visual evolution in shrimp, according to new FIU research published this week in Nature Communications. The deep sea is a dark place, with the only light coming from ...

At some 4,700 feet beneath the sea, marine scientists filmed a shrimp spew glowing matter, or bioluminescence, from its mouth. This natural event, which might seem fictional, happened as researchers ...

Different species of deep-sea shrimp have evolved to have different sized eyes to best see one another, according to new research. Florida International University (FIU) marine scientists Heather ...

The ocean is normally a fairly noisy place, with the sounds of happy dolphins, lonely whales and diesel-chugging ships saturating the undersea world. But climate change may turn up the volume on this ...

A study conducted by the UAB certifies that despite the presence of microplastics in deep-sea shrimp, the amounts detected do not cause any types of health problems. The research coincides with other ...

Could tiny sea creatures, a few millimeters in length, be partly responsible for the large-scale motion of the ocean? That’s the finding from a pair of Caltech researchers, who used lasers to herd ...

Caridean shrimp like this one carry pollen between male and female sea grass flowers. Image Credit: Enrique Dans via Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 2.0. Just when you thought nature couldn’t get any ...

The largest and brightest type of photophore is the organs of Pesta, most common in shrimp that migrate to shallower waters where light levels are higher. Species with these photophores had the ...