Using underwater field observations in conjunction with behavioral experiments, researchers have discovered that a small crustacean, the yellow-beaked cleaner shrimp, performs a specialized dance that ...

In the ocean, the Pacific cleaner shrimp stands out from the crowd, with vibrantly white coloration on its back and its whisker-like antennae. An international team of scientists recently revealed the ...

The hermaphroditic cleaner shrimp Lysmata amboinensis usually live in monogamous pairs, but dark passions underlie their social structure. New research shows that cleaner shrimp, in any group larger ...

Television ads often use animals to sell things. How many animals, though, advertise for themselves? Cleaner shrimp do—their bold stripes and antennae movements advertise their services to fish ...

These unique photos capture the moment a boy has his teeth picked clean by amazing underwater shrimp. The fascinating creatures spend their lives diving inside the mouths of fish to remove the ...

Lysmata amboinensis: Will it survive the night? Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lysmata_amboinensis_in_Tropicar… The Lysmata amboinensis is ...

Lysmata amboinensis: Will it survive the night? Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lysmata_amboinensis_in_Tropicar… The Lysmata amboinensis is ...

If you’ve ever watched a nature program on coral reefs, you’ve probably seen a cleaner shrimp. These animals set up cleaning stations on the reefs where passing fish let the shrimp pluck off parasites ...