Dive into the realm of the sea cucumber, an unassuming creature that helped shape Australia’s pre-European culture.

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

Oysters and escargot are recognized as luxury foods around the world—but they were once valued by the lower classes as cheap ...

Hermit crabs are fascinating. Not only do these crustaceans often grow into massive creatures, but they also change shells ...

Beneath the crushing pressures and near-boiling waters of the Indian Ocean’s abyss crawls a creature so bizarre it seems ...

Seashells are the abandoned exoskeletons of mollusks, like snails and clams. Numerous seashell varieties, including ark ...

The deep sea begins at about 200 meters below sea level, where light starts to diminish in a region called the twilight zone.

Also known as "volcano snails," these gastropods grow a suit of metal-enriched scaly armor and have an enormous heart, which ...

The average human brain contains around 7 grams of plastic, but it’s unclear how this affects us. Now animal studies are ...

Notably, some graves contained jewelry made from shells and sea snail shells, indicating that the inhabitants possessed craftsmanship skills and held beliefs regarding burial practices.

Among these, cone snails stand out not just for their striking ... Pranav’s journey into marine research began with a fascination for sea shells in his childhood. “I used to collect umboniums ...

A snorkeler in Egypt’s Red Sea had a near escape after encountering ... The picture shared online doesn’t make clear whether the shell had a live snail inside, or if it was simply an empty ...