For more than 100,000 years, coastal communities have harvested abalone (genus Haliotis). These gastropods, which are found ...

"They're really beautiful," Sischo says ... almost like they're sporting a plaid shirt. One snail has a shell like a miniature cinnamon roll. Some are almost iridescent, glowing with golds ...

A snorkeler in Egypt's Red Sea thought he came across a beautiful seashell only ... if it is an empty shell or one with a ...

Sea snails use gills or a combination of lungs ... the radiated tortoise is known for its domed, strikingly beautiful shell.

The snail's proboscis was a hypodermic needle ... ships of the Dutch East India Company brought back spectacularly beautiful shells from what is now Indonesia, and they became prized items in ...

Researchers also propose a new method to classify snails by sorting them into similar groups based on overall shell shape, shell surface texture, and the arrangement of apertural barriers.

For native wildlife, both occupied and unoccupied shells provide important shelter and sources of calcium and grit. Taking that beautiful snail shell could increase the cost of housing for a ...

According to DOC Senior Science Advisor Kath Walker, the snail’s hard shell is helpful when retreating from predators and keeping dry, but presents some problems. Namely, how to transfer sperm ...

We turned it over to be weighed and saw the egg just starting to emerge from the snail." Conservation department scientist Kath Walker said hard shells made it difficult to mate—so some snails ...