Nearly a quarter of the world's freshwater species are at risk of extinction due to a multitude of threats, according to new ...

Although freshwater habitats cover less than 1 percent of the Earth's surface, they support 10 percent of known animal species.

A newly designed type of vehicle is expected to reveal a lot more about hadal zones around the world, according to NOAA. Scientists have now discovered a crustacean species called Dulcibella ...

The new crustacean was discovered deep in the Atacama Trench that lies off of the coast of Peru, scientists reported in the journal Systematics and Biodiversity. This discovery of the species ...

A creature not seen since the 1800s reappeared in the net of artisanal fishers in Chile, and was one of the most read species ...

A new study highlights one of those species -- the newly named Dulcibella camanchaca. This crustacean is the first large, active predatory amphipod from these extreme depths. Characterized by ...

A recent study highlights the alarming risk of extinction facing 24% of freshwater species, including various fishes, crustaceans, and insects. Major threats such as pollution, invasive species, and ...

With its raptor-like pincers and tusk-like front appendages, a newly discovered predatory crustacean appears to be pretty adept at living in marine extremes. An international team of scientists ...

on two sandy beach crustacean species. The study focused on sandhoppers (Orchestoidea tuberculate) and beach pillbugs (Tylos spinulosus), using tiny slices of their tissue and powerful microscope ...

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 ...

researchers have discovered a new species of large predatory amphipod, Dulcibella camanchaca. This shrimp-like crustacean, which is 1.57 inches (4 centimeters) long — a giant among amphipods ...

At nearly 4 centimeters in length, this crustacean uses specialized raptorial appendages to capture and prey upon smaller amphipod species in the Atacama (Peru-Chile) Trench's food-limited realm.