Most of us, when we hear the word "shrimp," think of a nice dinner of fresh-caught, saltwater little animals that taste so good it's hard to stop eating them. Most of the shrimp we consume come from a ...

I’d like to talk about fairy shrimp – those tiny crustaceans that flitter about in “vernal pools,” i.e., puddles, on developable land throughout Southern California. For me, these tiny, hardy ...

BOISE, Idaho — Biologists with the Idaho National Guard have discovered a new species of fairy shrimp living in the oft-dry lake beds of Idaho’s desert. Though they look delicate enough to match their ...

Surfers packed the parking lot on a recent evening at the popular beach sites Old Man’s, Four Doors, The Point and Dog Patch. As they drove toward San Onofre State Beach, they passed orange fencing, ...

The window to lay your eyes on one of Indiana's most obscure forest crustaceans — and, yes, Indiana does have forest crustaceans — is closing fast. Eastern fairy shrimp (Eubranchipus vernalis) are ...

One of my favorite memories was when we first moved to Maine, over 30 years ago, and discovered vernal pools (our house was surrounded by them). Vernal pools are seasonal forested wetlands that fill ...

Tiny freshwater shrimp live in the world’s hottest desert – and their eggs can lay dormant for years when water is scarce. In 2006, satellite measurements recorded ground temperatures in the Lut ...

The window to lay your eyes on one of Indiana's most obscure forest crustaceans — and, yes, Indiana does have forest crustaceans — is closing fast. The fairy shrimps' brief lives are now winding down ...