If you put a microphone underwater near the oyster reef in North Carolina's Pamlico Sound, you can hear it: a crisp, crackling noise that sounds like someone just dumped a ton of Rice Krispies into ...

The tiny snapping shrimp's noisy habits could play a big role in reef ecology. If you put a microphone underwater near the oyster reef in North Carolina's Pamlico Sound, you can hear it: a crisp, ...