What if some of the most important clues about marine biodiversity were already collected but never fully shared? That's the question that motivated a study, published in Biodiversity Data Journal. It ...

The D.C. Council is considering a bill that would designate the endangered Hay’s Spring amphipod the official amphipod of Washington, D.C. If the legislation passes, D.C. will become the first “state ...

Plans for a proposed light-rail Purple Line, which would connect D.C. to the Maryland suburbs could be delayed because of an unlikely reason: A rare, endangered shrimplike crustacean. According to the ...

At less than a quarter-inch long, the amphipod—a crustacean that looks a bit like a shrimp—lives a leisurely life, sifting through algae up and down the East Coast. Well, it’s superficially leisurely, ...

The glacial relict amphipod Gammaracanthus lacustris only occurs in deep and cold waters. A collaborative study by University of Jyväskylä and University of Eastern Finland produced new information on ...

A rare shrimplike creature found in Rock Creek Park — believed to be its only location in the world — could end up taking center stage in a fight against a proposed light-rail Purple Line in the ...