One of my favorite memories was when we first moved to Maine, over 30 years ago, and discovered vernal pools (our house was surrounded by them). Vernal pools are seasonal forested wetlands that fill ...

You won’t find fairy shrimp on the Red Lobster menu, however, you will find them swimming at Joshua Tree National Park. Last month, Tropical Storm Hilary dropped 1 to 4 inches of rain on different ...

If you’re tired of all the ways shrimp can be prepared — coconut shrimp could re-ignite your interest. It’s No. 23 of our 100 Days/100 Dishes count-up. The dish was the crowning glory of an ancient ...

(Nanowerk News) Matilda Backholm didn’t expect to take up glass blowing as part of her early doctoral work. But in her attempts to find a more sensitive way to measure how tiny organisms swim, ...

John Dabiri isn’t an oceanographer. And he’s not a biologist. But for more than a decade, he’s been studying tiny shrimp swimming through water. It hasn’t always been easy. In 2014, he found his ...

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Siblings walking along the coast of the Isle of Wight found an “elusive” predator, a mantis shrimp, “tangled in seagrass.” Google Street View August 2024 ...

Having hairy legs may make shrimp better swimmers. “Can hair help you swim better? Swimmers will say no, but shrimp would say yes,” said Sara Oliveira Santos at Brown University in Rhode Island at a ...

Time for a grandma brag. Granddaughter Tabby is continuing her swimming and has, over the summer, racked up some personal bests as well as qualifying for and competing in the Junior Olympics. Held the ...