Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With 12 colour receptors, the mantis shrimp seems visually unmatched. But studies reveal that their visual system likely isn’t as ...

Mantis shrimps have earned fame for their powerful punching limbs, incredibly unusual eyes, and vivid exoskeletons. And, it turns out, they're also really good at finding their way home. Through a ...

Mantis shrimp live on bright, shallow reefs where light keeps changing. It bounces off sand, flashes off fish scales, and scatters through water. To deal with all that visual noise, their eyes are ...

New research indicates mantis shrimp use path integration to find their way back to their burrows after leaving to seek food or mates. That means they can track their distance and direction from their ...