These deep-sea snails inject toxins into their prey with precision with venomous, harpoon-like teeth. Found at 2770m to 3575m in the Arctic's Jøtul Vent Field, east of Greenland, this is the ...

Two common snail species (Nucella lapillus and Littorina obtusata) have evolved in response to a major predator: the invasive ...

A snorkeler in Egypt's Red Sea had a near escape after encountering one of the most venomous animals on earth.

Starting when he was a Ph.D. student in the 1990s, he has monitored the evolution of two common species of sea snails living off Maine's coast, tracking how they have responded to changes in that ...

The "sea butterfly" is a zooplankton snail that behaves more like an insect, and its movement may pave the way for a fleet tiny underwater robots. Meet the sea butterfly. Unlike most species of ...

Frank, who wished to keep his last name private, picked up the shell-looking item and admired it. He thought about taking it home as a souvenir for his first trip to a coral reef, but decided against ...

Learn about our Editorial Policies. These findings inspired Ho Yan Yeung, a postdoctoral researcher in Helena Safavi-Hemami’s group at the University of Utah, to investigate whether cone snails ...

In large part thanks to being in the right place at the right time, researchers discovered a thriving marine ecosystem ...