Snails have a reputation for being slow, with poor eyes that can barely see the world around them. But conch snails defy these expectations with eyesight as good as some vertebrates. These marine ...

Beach goers have expressed concern "chunks of rubber" washing up on beaches are some form of man-made pollutant. Some believe the bits of circular material which have appeared in large quantities on ...

It’s known as the geographer cone, the geography cone, or the geographic cone, and it’s the world’s most venomous of the 500 species of cone snails. It’s not only deadly to the fish it consumes; it ...

With a shell that looks like a full moon, egg cases that look like broken pottery on the seafloor, a unique predatory style and even a feature comparable belly button, the moon snail that frequents La ...

DEAR JOAN: Decades ago, garden snails were ubiquitous. They would leave tiny silver trails of slime on the walkways early in the morning, but I haven’t seen a snail in years. The folklore I heard was ...

The predatory flatworm Platydemus manokwari in the Ogasawara Islands, head on right, length ca 8 cm. Along with rosy wolf snails and rats, these invasive flatworms have had a devastating impact on ...

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