A 113-million-year-old marine murder mystery may finally be solved. Using chemical clues locked inside microscopic fossils, ...

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If you tire of looking down, lift your eyes to the sky. Overhead among the gulls, fly terns, those small, angular, white, gray and black birds that provide the soundtrack of summer. Listen for the ...

Everglades snail kites and other birds are thriving in wetlands this developer preserved. Babies being born shows benefits of conservation.

Ammonites swam in the Western Interior Seaway that once covered a large portion of North America. These iridescent fossils from South Dakota, around 69–72 million years old, preserve inner shell ...

While octopuses and cuttlefish are famous for changing their appearance, a pair of tiny tree snails has been doing something just as surprising in a completely different way. When rain falls, these ...

Hard shell clams are indeed a longtime New England summer dining staple, but there's more to these marine animals than simply being a tasty treat. Daphne Munroe, a professor of marine sciences at ...

Hermit crabs have a bizarre trick for squeezing into shells that seem impossibly small, and scientists just figured out the ...

1. What kind of creature is a snail? During the rainy season, you might see snails moving slowly on leaves or walls. However, if asked 'what kind of creature is a snail?', many people might find it ...

Moon snails and lion's mane jellyfish are common sights on beaches during the spring and summer. Moon snails are carnivorous mollusks known for drilling holes into the shells of their prey. Lion's ...

Evolutionary biologists are uncovering genomic mechanisms that allow populations to adapt quickly to different, hyperlocal habitats without splitting into new species. When she was a graduate student ...

The Philippines’ rare ‘antingaw’ (Lithoredo abatanica), a unique shipworm found in Bohol, has placed second in the 2026 International Mollusc of the Year competition, organizers announced on April 30.