The greater Bermuda snail was rediscovered in an alleyway and reintroduced with more than 100,000 snails after years of ...

An extinct snail found in a Bermuda alleyway led to biologists breeding 100,000 and releasing them back into the wild—and they're thriving.

A tiny algae recently discovered in India is helping to reconstruct how the oceans moved millions of years ago.

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

Most marine animals form their shells from calcium carbonate, which is a tough mineral also found in limestone. Some sponges and microorganisms use another compound silica. There is also a group of ...

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 ...

Cartoons often suggest turtles wear shells like removable armor. Those stories show turtles stepping out, swapping shells, or ...

Seashells, the durable skeletons of marine animals, are abundant and long-lasting, offering scientists vital clues about ...

Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brainteasers for future quizzes Submit a question Molly Oldfield hosts Everything ...

Escargots à la Bourguignonne is one of those dishes that really grabs attention when it hits the table. You know, you don't often see a French snail dish stealing the spotlight in an appetizer spread.

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, as certain quirky cartoons have shown. The shell grows with the turtle, ...