Becky Lee, an American woman living in Japan, was exploring a beach in Okinawa when she noticed a beautiful shell, picking it ...

Cone snails have one of the most lethal venoms on the planet. Photograph by Robert Clark, National Geographic Cone snails are currently used to produce the drug known as Prialt, which can only be ...

"I'm grateful for whatever reason the snail did not sting me and to have this second chance," Beckylee Rawls told Newsweek ...

The ocean is filled with a ton of eye-catching creatures, and more than a few of the animals that fall under that umbrella can kill you. That includes the ...

If it’s a cone, leave it alone — that’s what Beckylee Rawls learned after she went to the beach and held death in her hand ...

A woman in Japan unknowingly put her life at risk when she bent over and picked up a shell while exploring tide pools.

A couple in Franklin, Pennsylvania captured video of a mother raccoon, hanging from her back paws and pulling her kit to safety. Strong winds broke loose a Celebrity Cruises ship from its moorings in ...

Painted snail shells are widely available on websites in the U.S, Spain, and Taiwan. Hundreds of their shells were available on eBay, but when National Geographic asked eBay spokesperson Ashley ...

Looking up the shell soon after, she discovered the pretty thing was a marbled cone and that the snail living inside had a ...