The dactyl clubs act as a phononic shield, filtering high-frequency stress waves and preventing harmful vibrations from ...

Springtails, small bugs often found crawling through leaf litter and garden soil, are expert jumpers. Inspired by these hopping hexapods, roboticists have made a walking, jumping robot that pushes the ...

Is your bib back from the dry cleaners? It’s time for a second helping of Gold Dome Nuggets, the Georgia Recorder’s weekly ...

Springtails, small bugs often found crawling through leaf litter and garden soil, are expert jumpers. Inspired by these hopping hexapods, roboticists at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of ...

Dactyl clubs are hammer-like structures located on each side of a mantis shrimp’s body. They store energy in elastic ...

The Anomalocaris, a top Cambrian predator, is another highlight. The name means "unlike other shrimp" or "anomalous shrimp", ...

This physical phenomenon is found time and again in nature, not just in springtails: from the flicking tongue of a chameleon to the prey-killing appendage of a mantis shrimp. Wood’s team ...

In the summer of 2023, what seemed like tiny aliens turned up at the Wupatki National Monument. A visitor told park staff ...

A new study in the journal Science sheds light on the question. Many mantis shrimp use their dactyl clubs, two appendages that act like fists, to strike prey or enemies. The material of their ...

On a late-night dive in Sitka, Alaska, two divers encounter myriad fascinating creatures, including a giant Pacific octopus ...

A researcher on Colón Island of Panama was searching for crustaceans among the coastal mangrove forests when he saw a section of mangroves in varying stages of decay. The water was shallow and ...