When it comes down to their biology, both shrimp and prawns are decapods, meaning they're crustaceans with ten legs. Shrimp, the more petite crustacean, live in saltwater. There are a few small but ...

Prawns (for all you scientists, they are a suborder of the dendrobranchiata) and shrimp are generally used interchangeably, but that’s not exactly accurate. Yes, both prawns and shrimp have 10 legs ...

Seasoned whole shrimp with shell on grilling over an open flame with two lemons blurred in the background. - Sham Clicks/Shutterstock In the United States, we slap the "shrimp" label on everything ...

Americans love their prawns. So how healthy are they — for us and for the planet? Credit...Yasu & Junko/Trunk Archive Supported by By Erik Vance Erik Vance has spent years reporting on the fishing ...

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

In the United States, we slap the "shrimp" label on everything that even bears a passing resemblance to that crustacean — even prawns. In Australia, they do the same thing with prawns — even shrimp.

Are prawns just really big shrimp? Let’s put this coastal culinary quandary to rest. Here's the real difference between prawns and shrimp.