Researchers have found a type of snail, new to South Florida, that might have arrived as a stowaway on a ship. The sea snail, officially called a “Naria turdus,” is supposed to be in the Eastern ...

close up of a new species of yellow snail found in the Florida Keys Researchers have discovered a new species of bright-yellow "margarita" snail hiding in plain sight on a coral reef in the Florida ...

Stewed sea snails—such a treat along the Italian coast, especially in the summer months when seafood is, frankly, at its peak ...

One of the world's most venomous creatures could be a new source of inspiration for drugs to treat diseases affecting hundreds of millions of people, a new study suggests. Led by researchers from the ...

Toxin from one of the most venomous animals on the planet -- a deadly sea snail -- could help researchers figure out new ways to treat diabetes and other hormone disorders, a new study suggests. A ...

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

Research teams from the Academia Sinica and National Taiwan University have documented the first discovery of five freshwater ...

Dr. Ho Yan Yeung, PhD, first author of the study (left) and Dr. Thomas Koch also an author of the study (right) examined a freshly collected batch of cone snails. SAFAVI LAB VIA SWNS They said the ...

The margarita sea snail, which shoots out a toxic mucus web to catch prey, was discovered on a coral reef in the Florida Keys and was named after Buffett, who died on Sept. 1. When you purchase ...