The D.C. council is considering making Hay's Spring amphipod the district's official amphipod, though the tiny, eyeless crustacean hasn't been seen since 2004.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has approved a recovery plan for the Hay’s Spring amphipod, a groundwater-dwelling crustacean found in D.C's Rock Creek.

Running with the easy-to-carry Amphipod Hydraform Ergo Minimalist water bottle has become an essential piece of running gear for surviving the summer heat.

Using a camera shooting 300,000 frames per second, researchers catch the amphipod snapping its extraordinarily powerful claw.

First described in 1899, very little is known about this “supergiant amphipod”, but they’re known to inhabit depths of 3,890 to 8,931 meters (12,762 to 29,302 feet).

A new species of tiny amphipod was discovered by an underwater robot on an expedition to the Caroline Plate and was found pregnant ...

Environmentalists vow to fight that construction and urge transportation officials to route the proposed purple line around the endangered Hay's Spring amphipod.

Video: First video of living giant deep-sea 'shrimp' Living in one of the Earth's deepest ocean trenches, the world's largest species of amphipod has so far managed to avoid the videos of the ...

This critter is a three-inch long Lyssianasid amphipod found beneath the Ross Ice Shelf, about 12.5 miles away from open water. NASA scientists were using a borehole camera to look back up towards the ...

The discovery of shrimp (lyssianasid amphipod) under the Antarctic ice could mean life is sustainable on other planets.