But conch snails defy these expectations with eyesight as good as some vertebrates. These marine snails combine exceptional ...

To restore the lost populations, a marine ecologist at the University of Gothenburg began slowly reintroducing L. saxatilis snails to their small skerry habitats in 1992. Over the next 30 years ...

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 ...

Contact her at [email protected] Over 800 marine species were newly discovered ... These deep-sea snails inject toxins into their prey with precision with venomous, harpoon ...

Then a doctor told him about cone snails—a group of marine snails, beautiful but deadly—and a new drug, a synthetic derivative from the venom of one of them, Conus magus, the magician's cone.

After a Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition off the coast of Chile last year, scientists identified more than 70 new species, including squat lobsters and marine snails that were completely new to ...

a fan-like coral and a venomous deep-sea snail equipped with harpoon-like teeth are among 866 previously unknown species discovered as part of an ambitious effort to document marine life.

Marine snails – pteropods — live in this top layer of the ocean. The corrosive properties of the water caused shells of live animals to be severely dissolved and this demonstrates how ...

Scientists have identified 866 new species as part of the Ocean Census, a global mission to protect and accelerate the discovery of marine life. The creatures include everything from a squat lobster ...