Snapping shrimp species that live in colonies that cooperatively rear offspring have relatively large genomes, according to a study. Genome size varies widely between species and is generally ...

Full-grown snapping shrimp were already known to have some of the fastest claws under the waves. But it turns out they’re nothing compared with their kids. Juvenile snapping shrimp produce the highest ...

The snapping shrimp, aka the pistol shrimp, is one of the loudest creatures in the ocean, thanks to the snaps produced by its whip-fast claws. And juvenile snapping shrimp are even faster than their ...

In an article scheduled to publish in PNAS, on June 7, 2021, at 3 pm ET, a team of researchers led by Columbia University's Dustin R. Rubenstein, a Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental ...