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 ...

A team of researchers found that within the same genus of marine snapping shrimp, Synalpheus, genome size and social behavior not only vary widely, but they are also co-evolving over time. In an ...

The pistol shrimp is a remarkable little creature. It is capable of producing a noise louder than a gunshot and generating heat reportedly as hot as the surface of the sun. Yet it is only an inch or ...

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 ...

The pistol shrimp, aka the snapping shrimp, is a peculiar contradiction. At just a few inches long, it wields one proportionally sized claw and another massive one that snaps with such force the ...

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Amongst species of colonial snapping shrimp, the capacity for defense versus reproduction in queens varies with the level of cooperation, according to a new study. Amongst species of colonial snapping ...

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 ...