The cone snail looks like a prize a beachcomber would want to pocket. Its shell is smooth, glossy, and patterned in intricate ...

Divers handling shells on tropical reefs face a threat that most never see coming. Cone snails, slow-moving marine gastropods ...

Bryan Nelson is a science writer and award-winning documentary filmmaker with over a decade of experience covering technology, astronomy, medicine, animals, and more. The candy cane snail (Liguus ...

Firefighters, police and forest agents are searching for the ignition point of the major fire in southwestern France, much as they would at a crime scene.

According to researchers at Imperial College London, humans shed around 200 million skin cells each hour—and they have to go somewhere when we’re indoors. If the idea of skin dust isn’t sitting well ...

A trip to the beach is a favorite leisure activity among Americans – whether it's within driving distance of home or a flight away. And while tourism in beach and coastal destinations generates ...

Kentucky is quietly hiding a forest where hunting for fossils millions of years old costs you nothing but a curious eye and a ...

There are exactly two kinds of free things in this world: the kind that make you suspicious, and the kind that make you ...

The ocean, covering over 70% of our planet, harbors some of the most intelligent creatures on Earth. While tool use was once considered a uniquely human trait, scientific research has revealed that ...

It is the larger of Auckland’s twin harbours; at high tide 340 square kilometres of sparkling sea, and at low water half of that, the rest becoming sand and mud-flats. The rugged heads can be glimpsed ...

"Mark your favorite restaurants/places as 'not friendly for kids' on Google Maps to ensure people don't bring kids to ruin ...