Deep-sea researchers have discovered a strange glowing sea slug off the coast of California that lives in the water column — ...
In the warm blue waters of the Solomon Islands, an island chain in the South Pacific, lies one of the world’s largest sea ...
The marine snails were reintroduced after a toxic algal ... and have a thin shell with specific colors and patterns, a large ...
Live-bearing has allowed Littorina snails to occupy and adapt to a diverse range of habitats. This has led to the evolution many ‘ecotypes’ that vary in their size, shape and behavior.
The marine snails were reintroduced after a toxic algal bloom wiped ... Wave snails are typically small, and have a thin shell with specific colors and patterns, a large and rounded aperture, and bold ...
An unusual sea slug with a large hood, a tail with fingerlike projections and glowing bioluminescence has been found living ...
Dense groups of marine snails called Littorina saxatilis once thrived ... This is because the species had experienced similar conditions in the recent past. The snails' access to a large gene pool ...
But there are snails that live in the water, too, including marine snails in the tropical oceans and freshwater snails found across the world in ponds, lakes and rivers. Freshwater snails aren't ...
The large, marine snail is heavily in demand for its meat and iconic shell, which is used for décor and jewelry; overfishing and poaching have caused its decline in the Mexican Caribbean. “Under ...
RNA stands for ribonucleic acid; it's a large molecule involved in various ... mild electric shocks to the tails of a species of marine snail called Aplysia californica. After these shocks were ...
A study of Gila monster venom helped start the revolution in weight-loss drugs. But scientists think that’s just the ...