A type of zooplankton, Daphnia pulex (a.k.a. the water flea) is a microscopic crustacean whose unique reproduction habits make it the perfect species for studying evolution and natural selection.

Ongoing archaeological work in the ancient city of Laodicea, located in Turkey's Denizli Province, has led to a remarkable ...

These crustaceans have been misnamed for two reasons: First, they’re not true crabs, like blue crabs, in that they don’t have a uniformly hard exoskeleton and can’t grow their own shells.

And giants they are. Of the 60,000 species of crustaceans on Earth, Japanese spider crabs are the largest, spanning up to 12.5 feet from the tip of one front claw to the other. They’re also one ...

Biological immortality is exceptionally rare. Despite numerous memes that suggest lobsters can live forever, these crustaceans are bound to a mortal existence, just like us. Discover how long lobsters ...

Scylla AG is a family owned company that first launched in September,1973. 50 years later, the company is still pioneering in its sector. The fleet consists of modern river cruise liners sailing ...

Saturday’s $500,000 Ballerina Stakes (G1), however, offers an equally compelling match-up between Vahva and Scylla, a pair of top-class four-year-olds ...

Unfortunately, it's not one of the easiest foods to dine on. From wrangling rogue crustaceans to cracking stubbornly tough ...

As well as a high-ticket menu item, the crustacean is also a longstanding symbol of opulence in art and fashion, reaching cultural status beyond other culinary indulgences like caviar or pricey ...

There's the Scylla in the Odyssey and similar myths from the Caribbean ... Giant squid aren't fussy eaters - they hunt fish and crustaceans and also scavenge. Scientists have found some evidence of ...

Drawing on over 300 scientific studies, we have evaluated the evidence of sentience in two groups of invertebrate animals: the cephalopod molluscs or, for short, cephalopods (including octopods, squid ...