Editor’s note: On August 28, 1993, the Galileo spacecraft — on its way toward Jupiter to begin a successful 8-year mission — flew past asteroid 243 Ida. It was Galileo’s second asteroid flyby, ...

The mantis shrimp comes equipped with its own weapons. It has claws that look like permanently clenched fists that are known as dactyl clubs. But when it smashes the shells of its prey, these fists ...

University of California, Irvine materials science researchers are learning about resilience from the mantis shrimp. The ancient crustaceans are armed with two hammerlike raptorial appendages called ...

A peacock mantis shrimp. The shrimp's bulging eyes see in a way totally different from other animals, more comparable to a satellite than anything else, scientists say. Wikimedia Commons/Silke Baron ...

The mantis shrimp conquers its prey with a 'dactyl club' appendage, which is made up of a composite material that grows tougher as cracks twist. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible ...