Prawn larvae hide from predators by camouflaging their dark eyes with a light-manipulating material that reflects the colour of the surrounding water. Some sea creatures, like jellyfish, glass squid ...

Fledgling crustaceans have eyes like the sea, a peculiarity that could help them hide from predators. Young shrimp, crab or lobster larvae already rock nearly translucent bodies to stay out of view.

Japanese Ichthyologist Motosaku Fujinaga was still a senior in Tokyo University when he decided on his life’s work: a study of the life and loves of the 6-in., shrimplike creature known as the kuruma ...