The colorful mantis shrimp is known for powerful claws that can stun prey with 200 lbs. of force. Now, new research finds that these aggressive crustaceans are weird in another way: They see color ...

The colorful mantis shrimp is known for powerful claws that can stun prey with 200 lbs. (91 kilograms) of force. Now, new research finds that these aggressive crustaceans are weird in another way: ...

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 ...

Where does science look for inspiration to improve optical imaging technology? Apparently, the seafood platter. An Illinois research team has developed a camera based on the eye of the mantis shrimp ...

Mantis shrimps became the subject of a new study by researchers of the University of Queensland for their unique eyes. The bulbous eyes of the colorful marine crustaceans boast of 12 photoreceptors ...

Is it correct to say there are "colors that we don't have names for", as the butterfly square puts it, or is that just hyperbole? Or are they just ranges of known 'colors', just unseen (and thus ...