Could anything be better than chilling by the sky-blue waters of Belize, with servants doing your grunt work? Not for the longfin damselfish, who has turned the planktonic mysid shrimp into a virtual farmhand. The tiny shrimp have been trained to help the damselfish fertilize the algae farms that make up its diet, according to … Read more
A type of shrimp with five eyes that swam the oceans of Earth half a billion years ago may be the ‘missing link’ in the evolution of arthropods, scientists claim. Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences discovered the three inch long creature, that dates back 520 million years, in a rock formation in Yunnan … Read more
A coating to make body armour impervious to bullets, lasers, microbes and even poison gas is being developed in the US from the same material as shrimp shells. Chitin is a robust natural material which forms the shells of crustaceans, protects butterfly wings and is found in mushroom cells. The material is a naturally occurring, and … Read more
Former royal chef reveals the Queen loves shrimp on toast but can’t stand garlic as he answers questions from fans on cooking for Her Majesty Darren McGrady, 58, worked for The Queen and Princess Diana in the 1990s He revealed Her Majesty doesn’t like garlic and they couldn’t cook with it Added that she enjoy … Read more