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

A sea turtle’s shell is living bone fused directly to its spine and ribs. It is not a detachable shield or an external case, ...

Sea otters are surprisingly good at using tools. If they come across a particularly tough clam shell and they are desperate ...

Using data gathered by NASA's Juno Jupiter orbiter, scientists estimate that Europa's ice shell is about 18 miles thick — ...

Shellfish are extremely important to various ocean ecosystems globally, yet they are some of the most overlooked species. One example is the Atlantic giant cockle, which feeds on plankton, helping to ...

"Most excitingly, this new idea addresses one of the longstanding habitability problems on Europa and is a good sign for the ...

‘Can you hear the sea?’ Kate shows shell trick to girl at family trauma centre - Kate met children at the Family Action’s ...

The Princess of Wales offered a moment of gentle connection during a visit to a trauma therapy centre in Bradford, ...

Geophysicists at Washington State University have uncovered a possible explanation for how nutrients may travel into the subsurface ocean of Europa, a moon of Jupiter that ranks among the strongest ...

The home, in a Spanish Mediterranean aesthetic, offers a private dock with 50 feet of frontage, a pool and spa, an office, a ...

Cheers rose from a bundled-up crowd as a loggerhead sea turtle that survived a likely shark attack trundled back into the ...

Evidence from fossil shells suggests that falling seawater calcium helped lock away carbon dioxide and helped cool Earth after the dinosaurs.