Shrimp

Vaccinating Honeybees and Shrimp

June 12, 2026

The idea of vaccinating honeybees and shrimp would have sounded like science fiction only a few years ago. Both animals are invertebrates, lacking the sophisticated antibody-based immune systems that make vaccination possible in humans, dogs, cattle, and other vertebrates. Yet recent research has shown that even these seemingly simple creatures possess forms of immune memory […]