In a world first, researchers have reared cone snails in a laboratory aquarium, which presents huge potential for understanding and unlocking the power of their complex venom for a vast range of ...

Safavi said: “Venomous animals have ... but over millions of years of evolution, the cone snail turned its own hormone into a weapon. She said: "For the cone snail’s fishy prey, consomatin ...

“Venomous animals have ... levels of blood sugar in the body from rising to dangerously high levels. The cone snail toxin consomatin also keeps blood sugar levels from increasing, but uses ...

Cone snail shells range in size from less than an inch to 9 inches long. The snail unwinds itself in the shell and comes out the opening. Much like a harpoon, a sharp venomous stinger stabs the ...

The venom in these snails, potentially deadly to humans, could hold the key to developing new therapeutics. Safavi Lab It's the most venomous of the known species of cone snail, with almost all ...

But months after his vacation, Frank realized what he thought was a harmless sea creature was actually a venomous cone snail.

unassuming animals until you meet the cone snail. This mollusk packs a punch as one of the most predatory and venomous creatures crawling the seafloor. This YouTube video shows some of the ...

Grabbing a live cone snail while collecting seashells could get you jabbed with a fanglike dart full of potentially fatal—and incredibly fast-acting—venom. But studying how this substance ...

Deadly sea snail poison could be key to making better drugs to treat diabetes, according to a new study. The toxin from one of the most venomous creatures on the planet may lead to new medicines ...

Venomous animals have evolved diverse molecular ... The discovery that certain fish-hunting cone snails use weaponized insulins to induce hypoglycemic shock in prey highlights a unique example ...

"Venomous animals have ... but over millions of years of evolution, the cone snail turned its own hormone into a weapon. For the cone snail's fishy prey, consomatin's deadly effects hinge on ...

a toxin from one of the most venomous animals on the planet. A multinational research team led by University of Utah scientists has identified a component within the venom of a deadly marine cone ...