Floating around in the open ocean, shrimp larvae are alone and exposed. Like jellyfish and other other drifters, their best bet for survival is to be as inconspicuous as possible. Transparent bodies ...

Fledgling crustaceans have eyes like the sea, a peculiarity that could help them hide from predators. Young shrimp, crab or lobster larvae already rock nearly translucent bodies to stay out of view.

First identified in 1899, y-larvae have been one of the greatest zoological mysteries for over a century. No one has ever found an adult of these puzzling crustaceans, despite the plethora of these ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Facetotectans are microscopic crustacean larvae that have never been seen as adults. Only the larval and juvenile phases of these creatures are known ...

Meet the Facetotectans, a group of tiny crustaceans that have been raising big questions among biologists. These are the larvae, the juvenile form of this organism. We know how this story goes: larvae ...

While many of us are excited about the prospect of finding life on other planets, there's still also so much about life on Earth we have no idea about. Like, what the heck these floating xenomorph-ish ...