It would seem a bit foolish to put a big cap on the end of a torch, right in the path of the beam of light. But that’s exactly what one type of sea snail does. Hinea brasiliana has a pair of ...

One of the world’s biggest sea snails at risk of extinction. A century of unregulated harvesting for its gigantic shell has left the horse conch far more vulnerable than scientists realized.

We were given a behind-the-scenes look at the daily tasks assigned to the aquarists of the Bailey-Matthews National Shell ...

There is a remarkable snail with breathtakingly beautiful shells that can only be found in Cuba. It is not native to any ...

Snails with the largest eyes are keeping a lookout for predators, new research suggests. While the basic eyes of most snails look like small black dots, conch snails known as stro ...

Home News Sea snail shell the world’s strongest material. ... “Generally, a big structure has lots of flaws and can break more easily than a smaller structure, which has fewer flaws and is stronger,” ...

The snails, whose shells measure about 2 inches (5 centimeters) in length on average, are sometimes called "sea pangolins" for their resemblance to the armor-plated land mammal. Individuals have ...

All mollusks build their own shells, whether they live in water or on land. Creatures like snails, clams, oysters and mussels use an organ called a mantle to secrete layers of calcium carbonate ...

Nine big Powerball winners 45 mins ago ... Conus marmoreus aka marbled cone is a species of predatory sea snail marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae aka cone snails, cone shells or cones.

Snails with the largest eyes are keeping a lookout for predators, new research suggests. While the basic eyes of most snails look like small black dots, conch snails known as strombids have eyes that ...