Light is a primary driver of visual evolution in shrimp, according to new FIU research published this week in Nature Communications. The deep sea is a dark place, with the only light coming from ...

Many deep-sea creatures have organs all over their bodies that emit light. Now scientists believe these same organs can actually see. The organs, called photophores, cannot see shapes but FIU marine ...

The largest and brightest type of photophore is the organs of Pesta, most common in shrimp that migrate to shallower waters where light levels are higher. Species with these photophores had the ...

SAN ANTONIO – Sea Island Shrimp House will close all of its locations on Thursday to mourn co-founder Chrissy Anthony, who died on Nov. 30. She was 89. The San Antonio-based seafood chain said Anthony ...

This graphic depicts the exoskeleton structure of a certain type of deep-sea shrimp able to survive the scalding hot waters of hydrothermal vents thousands of feet under water. Insights into the ...

The ocean is normally a fairly noisy place, with the sounds of happy dolphins, lonely whales and diesel-chugging ships saturating the undersea world. But climate change may turn up the volume on this ...

MASSAWA, Eritrea — The Americans in shorts and baseball caps dip their hands in chlorine before plunging them into the waist-high circular concrete tanks filled with seawater on the deserted stretch ...

A new federal rule aimed at protecting sea turtles from shrimping nets is getting mixed reactions from conservation groups. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has finalized a new rule ...

This cleaner shrimp fulfilled its role as the 'dentist of the sea' as it cleared parasites and food remains from the mouth of a fish. The white grouper fish - covered in red blotches - opened wide to ...

Deep sea shrimp typically feed on detritus and decaying organic matter. However, a team of scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently saw an extremely ...

An Australian researcher believes sea cucumbers could save struggling shrimp farms in central Vietnam. A growing number of shrimp ponds are being abandoned because waste from the crustaceans is ...

Crews remove Sea Island Shrimp House statue Jolly Jack from original location behind North Star Mall. The statue is being removed for restoration, and is expected to return later this summer. (Sea ...