Snails live all over the world, even in the ocean and in freshwater streams, lakes and marshes. They’re known both for their ...

A new study has suggested that the venom of a sea snail could be used for drugs to treat diseases that affect hundreds of millions of people. Researchers from the University of Utah identified a ...

Typically found in reefs in the tropical Indo-Pacific, geography cones are a type of predatory sea snail known for hunting small fish. A freshly collected batch of cone snails is handled with care ...

The snail lives within its shell like tube, burrowed into a rock or other substrate. Bieler et al. (2023), PeerJ, DOI 10.7717/peerj.15854 ...

TUESDAY, Aug. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Toxin from one of the most venomous animals on the planet – a deadly sea snail – could help researchers figure out new ways to treat diabetes and ...

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 ...

“She doesn’t know it yet but she’s about to pick up the world’s deadliest shell that leads to full paralysis in minutes,” she ...

Toxin from one of the most venomous animals on the planet -- a deadly sea snail -- could help researchers figure out new ways to treat diabetes and other hormone disorders, a new study suggests.

Sea cucumbers spend their lives prowling the ocean floor, scavenging for food and generally minding their own business. We ...

In cone snail venom, consomatin’s specific and long-lasting effects help the animal hunt its prey, but it could also lead to the development of better drugs for sometimes fatal diseases–if we ...

Binh’s spiny frog, or Quasipaa binhi, was discovered in the forests of central Vietnam. Known for its robust body and ...

Consomatin shares an evolutionary lineage with somatostatin, 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 ...