KAPLAN, La. – Josh Courville has harvested crawfish his whole life, but these days, he's finding a less welcome catch in some of the fields he manages in southern Louisiana. Snails. Big ones.
A bizarre fossil called Prototaxites, which was the largest life-form on land 400 million years ago, may have been a completely unknown form of multicellular life, according to a new study.
Humans are making the world’s wildlife dangerously 'samey'. Some scientists have a word for this reshuffling of life: the ...
The team identified 28 potential new species, such as worms, corals, sea urchins, sea snails, and anemones, plus rich reef complexes teeming with life.
The meaning of life has puzzled philosophers for millennia, but new research suggests it could be as simple as lending a ...
Termites did not evolve complex societies by adding new genetic features. Instead, scientists found that they became more ...
Land snail extinctions are accelerating across islands, exposing a devastating collapse of some of the world’s most fragile ...
Read an excerpt of this deep-space mystery from the prolific writer of 'Whalefall' and 'Angel Down.' ...
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 ...
If you wish to transform a plain aquarium into a beautiful paradise, then you are at the right place. The easiest trick is to ...
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