The snapping shrimp, aka the pistol shrimp, is one of the loudest creatures in the ocean, thanks to the snaps produced by its whip-fast claws. And juvenile snapping shrimp are even faster than their ...

They are smaller than a finger, yet louder than jet engines. Snapping shrimp are flooding coastal waters with sound, disrupting marine research. Scientists warn their noise could reshape how oceans ...

High-speed video and fancy math have overturned an old theory about how snapping shrimp make such a racket. By quickly closing oversized claws while defending their territory, clusters of certain ...

Full-grown snapping shrimp were already known to have some of the fastest claws under the waves. But it turns out they’re nothing compared with their kids. Juvenile snapping shrimp produce the highest ...

Rice Krispies? Rain hitting a tin roof? Bacon frying? How about noisy creatures known as snapping shrimp. Warm temperate and tropical coastal waters around the world are teeming with these noisy ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Scientists have for the first time captured the sounds of snapping shrimp off the Oregon coast and think the loud crackling from the snapping of their claws may serve as a dinner ...

Do you ever wish you could just snap your fingers and have dinner ready? Well, that dream is kind of a reality for one species of whale. Snapping shrimp are the noisiest creatures in the ocean. They ...

Some of the noisiest animals in the ocean are actually pretty small. They’re called snapping shrimp and new research from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) finds they snap louder as ...

The snapping shrimp may reduce its snaps as the pH of the ocean lowers Art/Flickr One of the noisiest animals to live in the ocean will become much quieter as increasing ocean acidification gets worse ...

Tiny snapping shrimp, not whales, are the ocean's loudest animals, reaching up to 210 decibels with their claw snaps. This intense noise disrupts marine research globally, masking other animal sounds ...

From birds singing in the Amazon to lions roaring in the Serengeti, animals use their voices to attract mates, defend their territory and coordinate migrations. Below the surface of the water, the ...