Along the coast of Indonesia, researchers encountered several unusual “mole”-like creatures living in the swash zone, where the waves rush up the beach before receding. Researchers suspected Emerita ...

Snails seem like slow, unassuming animals until you meet the cone snail. This mollusk packs a punch as one of the most ...

A tiny new species of snail with an unusual shell has been named after the painter Pablo Picasso. Researchers who discovered ...

The creatures live in holes in wood at the bottom of the ocean. Wu Q, Lin Y-T, Qiu J-W, Xu MY, Xing BP (2025) Zoosystematics and Evolution When a tree falls into a river, flows downstream and hits the ...

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 ...

The creatures live in holes in wood at the bottom ... Check out our stories here. The shells of the mussel are “highly elongated” with an “elliptical shape” between 0.36 and 0.52 inches ...