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

Snails may not always be the first creatures that come to mind when thinking of natural beauty, but these shelled gastropods ...

Scientists from the University of Utah and the Smithsonian have spent years studying this venom, with one of the most notable ...

Mollusks add daily to the margins of their shells, producing intricate patterns prized by beachcombers. Though this seems complex, the process can actually be explained by a simple network of ...

Beachgoers in San Diego may have spotted some glistening, purple shells reminiscent of small gemstones in the sand recently.

Humans struggle to identify snail shell shades, but technology reveals true colors Date: February 25, 2019 Source: University of Nottingham Summary: ...

A tiny new species of snail with an unusual shell has been named after the painter Pablo Picasso. Researchers who discovered the three-millimetre creature say they came up with the name as when ...

A shell from the Cuvier tropid snail, a terrestrial species native to Madagascar, from the museum’s education and outreach collection. National Museum of Natural History ...

Pigments in fossil snail shells from Austria dating back 12 million years are the oldest known preserved dyes from the polyene group, as scientists from the Natural History Museum Vienna and the ...

However, we do know that there are over 700 species of cone snails still in existence, and shell patterns can vary in fine detail within a species -- although each has a set of broader parameters ...

International researchers, including Senckenberg's Dr. Adrienne Jochum, have discovered a new species of land snail in an approximately 99-million-year-old piece of amber. The snail's shell ...

The snail’s shell diameter averages about 22 to 30 millimeters (.87 to 1.18 inches). Each snail’s shell has a unique combination of stripes and colors, so no two are exactly alike. These ...