The new exhibits are built upon Liberty Science Center’s broader role as a regional hub for science education.

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

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 ...

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

A snorkeler in Australia found a shell tagged with a strangely specific number, kickstarting an online mystery about its ...

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

In Da Nang, the unusual job of catching sea snails - by walking backward - peaks just before Tet, offering high earnings and ...

Researchers have discovered how bacteria break through spaces barely larger than themselves, by wrapping their flagella ...

Armed with kaleidoscopic eyesight, the ability to send secret messages and a punch so fast it can boil water, mantis shrimps are a force to be reckoned with. What is a mantis shri ...

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 ...