Modern armor systems do not do a good enough job of protecting humans from blast-induced neurotrauma (brain and eye damage). To improve them, we may have to look to nature. In particular, a tiny ...

Beds of Bathymodiolus mussels provide important habitat for other deep-sea critters, including sea stars, scaleworms and limpets. NOAA Ocean Exploration. The deep sea is the large ...

Flip a damp log in your backyard, and a crowd of tiny gray roly-polies usually rushes for cover. These pill bugs may look like insects, but they are actually crustaceans, distant relatives of crabs ...

A group of 6,000-year-old seashells has emerged as the loudest playable sound-producing instruments yet confirmed from ...

Learn about snails with a roundup of snail facts. Discover what snails eat, when they get shells, how long they sleep and how fast they move.

A minuscule snail once thought to have disappeared has been saved from the edge of extinction, a British zoo said Saturday.

Book a kid-friendly tour at WholeSnail, where you can learn more about these little slimy creatures and even pet them.

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, ...

A comprehensive new review paper reveals the staggering loss of biodiversity among island land snails globally. Lead author ...

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

Noe Calderas and Eddie Oropeza stood waist-deep in the San Antonio River, carefully attaching pieces of plastic to the concrete channel wall near the Pearl. “If only they were all that easy,” Oropeza ...