Seashells tend to appear quietly. After the tide pulls back, they are just there, mixed into the sand, sometimes whole, sometimes worn thin. They do n.

Discover what’s inside a turtle shell, living bone fused to spine and ribs, packed with organs, muscles, and nerves that ...

Most marine animals form their shells from calcium carbonate, which is a tough mineral also found in limestone. Some sponges ...

In hydrothermal vent fields, a small snail evolved an iron-reinforced shell. Here’s how it challenges assumptions about ...

Touren Pope was rockhounding in the Greater Green River Basin when he found a remarkable foot-long fossil. It turned out to be the shell of a ...

About 100 million years ago, certain sea slugs made a reckless evolutionary move: they ditched their shells. Instead of armor, nudibranchs evolved chemical weapons, stolen toxins, and warning colors ...

After 36 years in nursing, Lisa was ready to trade scrubs for shelter pets. The 57-year-old widow, who recently sold her home ...

Land snail extinctions are accelerating across islands, exposing a devastating collapse of some of the world’s most fragile ...

A comprehensive new review paper reveals the staggering loss of biodiversity among island land snails globally. Lead author ...

The octopus is a pretty odd animal under even the most ordinary circumstances – or ordinary by octopus standards, at least. So when folks start calling out one type of octopus as the strangest, ...

In terms of roadkill density, National Freeway No. 10 in Kaohsiung ranks first, with an average of 13.8 roadkills per kilometer per year, followed by Freeway No. 3 and Freeway No. 1, which average of ...

Small spaces do not rule out having a memorable pet, as many small exotic pets thrive indoors and stay quiet enough to live with shared walls. These animals rely on compact enclosures instead of yards ...