Snapping shrimp are mostly solitary, with some species working together in colonies. Read here to learn about how their social systems work.

While describing snapping shrimp to a friend last week, I couldn’t tell her how much of a shrimp’s snapping is about diet and how much is defense. Sometimes I hear a riot of underwater crackling and ...

A shrimp with a bright pink claw was recently discovered in the Pacific Ocean and has been named after one of rock’s big fish — the legendary Pink Floyd. The Pink Floyd pistol shrimp was discovered by ...

A HIGH-volume crustacean that produces a sound louder than rock concerts has been named after the band Pink Floyd. Share Article The pistol shrimp, Synalpheus pinkfloydi, has a distinctive pink ...

Meet the pistol shrimp, fastest, and loudest, gun in the sea. These small shrimp, usually about an inch long, use a specialized claw to emit powerful blasts of air that can stun much larger fish and ...

Researchers discovered a new species of crustacean, one that creates such a huge racket by flapping its large claw that it disables – even kills – small fish. And being big fans of the musical group ...

Even as our species blasts the oceans with a cacophony—sonar, oil drilling, and clanging tanker-engines—humanity is about to make the oceans much quieter. How? A team of marine biologists led by Ivan ...

A sea creature less than 2 inches long is one of the ocean's loudest creatures, and research has found that it may only get louder as a result of the oceans getting warmer. The "snapping shrimp" – ...