Nature's deadliest arsenal lurks in the shadows of oceans, forests, and deserts, where tiny creatures wield toxins far deadlier than cyanide. These biochemical marvels can paralyze nerves, shatter ...

Wondering about the weirdest animals in the world? We've listed the Top 31 here — including the axolotl, aye-aye, blobfish, ...

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

Cone snails are marine gastropods whose venoms comprise a complex array of bioactive peptides, collectively known as conopeptides, with conotoxins representing a major disulphide‐rich subset. These ...

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 ...

Share your slug and snail findings and help science understand some of our slimy and spectacular local critters.

The black abalone mollusk (Haliotis cracherodii) is a delicacy in many regions of the world, with fancy restaurant diners ...

THE snail, Helix pomatia, concentrates more calcium per unit body-weight in lesser time than most terrestrial animals, that is, 20–40 gm. calcium per kgm., about 50 per cent of which is deposited in ...

The Hearty Blueshell Snail is a one of the creatures found in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Most creatures drop recoverable materials and some are used for as ingredients for cooking, side ...

The Hispaniolan solenodon, a shrew-like creature of the Caribbean, has toxic venom and a long nose that maneuvers like a ...

The slender relatives of hawks and eagles have had a bad-news, good-news, bad-news existence since 1967, when the bird landed ...