The ocean’s beauty often hides unexpected threats, and one diver’s recent experience in Egypt’s Red Sea serves as a chilling ...

Over the past two decades, the Gulf of Maine has become a popular landing spot for invasive species from across the world, ...

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.

Frank, who wished to keep his last name private, picked up the shell-looking item and admired it. He thought about taking it ...

New species of shark, sea butterfly, mud dragon, bamboo coral, water bear, octocoral, and shrimp were just some of the marine ...

He's joining me today to teach me how to eat sea snails. Dan Q. Dao: It was, like, the whole experience. A trash can full of shells under you, you're drinking a ton of beer, and everything's ...

Divers, underwater submersibles and remotely operated vehicles found 886 marine species over a 16-month period, and they have ...

As shelled members of the taxonomic class Gastropods within the phylum Mollusca, snails are found on both land and in the sea. Typically, they have a spiral-shaped shell into which they retract ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with John Himmelman about his new collection of illustrated poems for children, "The Boy Who Lived in ...