Banded coral shrimp are also known as barber pole and peppermint shrimp because of their red-and-white bands. Be gentle with this spunky shrimp, though. If it feels threatened, the creature can drop ...

How do you "resurrect" a species? Meet Lysmata rauli, a peppermint shrimp that got demoted when biologists thought it too similar to another species. But now, a years-long sleuthing effort has ...

Researchers at Australia’s Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture at James Cook University led by PhD student David B. Vaughan have held a talent contest to find the best species of ...

The peppermint shrimp is one of seven marine ornamental species that Joan Holt has successfully bred in captivity. It’s popular in saltwater tanks because it consumes parasites and dead or diseased ...

Shrimp help keep fish clean - and scientists have identified the 'cleaner shrimp' with the most talent for reducing parasites and chemical use in farmed fish. Fish and cleaner shrimp in the wild have ...

International Winner, NatureSeventy-five feet (23 meters) under Bonaire's Caribbean waters, a peppermint shrimp lurks inside a branching vase sponge. The photograph, one of 208,000 entries, was chosen ...

Changing sex is more common than you might think. Many animals start out as one sex, and then change into the other part-way through their lives. There are also plenty of animals that are both male ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. How do you "resurrect" a species? Meet Lysmata rauli, a peppermint shrimp that got demoted when biologists thought it too similar to another ...

Shrimp help keep fish clean -- and scientists have identified the 'cleaner shrimp' with the most talent for reducing parasites and chemical use in farmed fish. Shrimp help keep fish clean -- and ...

Shrimp help keep fish clean – and scientists have identified the ‘cleaner shrimp’ with the most talent for reducing parasites and chemical use in farmed fish. Fish and cleaner shrimp in the wild have ...