Giant amphipod species Alicella gigantea, once thought to be very rare, is found to inhabit the majority of Earth's deep ...

Fledgling crustaceans have eyes like the sea, a peculiarity that could help them hide from predators. Young shrimp, crab or lobster larvae already rock nearly translucent bodies to stay out of view.

This video explores how crustaceans embody minimax strategies through evolutionary adaptations that maximize survival while ...

It has long been known that insects such as bees help plants reproduce, by spreading pollen from one plant to another. Now, however, a similar arrangement has been discovered in the undersea world – ...

Scientists on an expedition to sample a deep-sea trench got a surprise when their traps brought back seven giant crustaceans glimpsed only a handful of times in human history. The "supergiant" ...

Copepod crustaceans are extremely abundant but, because of their small size and fragility, they fossilize poorly. Their fossil record consists of one Cretaceous (c. 115 Ma) parasite and a few Miocene ...

Save the Crustaceans is a multipart side quest in Granblue Fantasy: Relink that requires you to find Wee Pincers (crabs) for Lil Pince. Keep reading for the information you need about these side ...

Laetitia Plaisance searches for crustaceans in a piece of dead coral. Photo courtesy of Laetitia Plaisance Despite having offices just across the National Mall from each other, it was in the tiny town ...

Some big plant-eating dinosaurs roaming present-day Utah some 75 million years ago were slurping up crustaceans on the side, a behavior that may have been tied to reproductive activities, says a new ...

Eating foods rich in dietary fiber is part of a healthy diet. One lesser-known rich source of dietary fiber called chitin can be found in the exoskeletons of crustaceans and insects, as well as in ...

Fossilized dinosaur feces are challenging some basic assumptions about dinosaur eating habits. Hadrosaurs, a kind of duck-billed dinosaur, are among the most common herbivores of the Cretaceous period ...

Scientists have found further evidence that crustaceans feel pain. A study has revealed that the shore crab, a close relative of the species we use for food, responds to electric shocks and then goes ...