The venom inside a single cone snail has been estimated to be enough to kill up to 700 people, and there is still no ...

Something strange happens the moment a snail touches a water droplet, and the physics behind it will make you rethink everything you assumed about how these creatures survive.

Divers handling shells on tropical reefs face a threat that most never see coming. Cone snails, slow-moving marine gastropods ...

A rare New Zealand snail has been filmed for the first time squeezing an egg from its neck, delighting scientists trying to save the critically endangered meat-eating mollusk. Threatened by coal ...

A TikToker’s beachcombing adventure turned into a viral cautionary tale after she unknowingly picked up one of the deadliest creatures on Earth. Beckylee Rawls was tidepooling in Okinawa, Japan, when ...

A woman in Japan unknowingly put her life at risk when she bent over and picked up a shell while exploring tide pools. Beckylee Rawls, 29, who lives with her husband in Okinawa, collects shells, and ...

A snail is an equally comforting and discomfiting creature. Its ornamental shell is both a home and armor. Its glacial pace, often accompanied by a viscous sludge it leaves behind, make it a messy if ...