If you go down to the beach for a spot of rock pooling this summer, just be mindful of exactly which species you might come across. One person in Japan had a very lucky escape when she picked up a ...

Cone snails have inspired humans for centuries. Coastal communities have often traded their beautiful shells like money and put them in jewelry. Many artists, including Rembrandt, have featured ...

Cone-snail shells. Thomas Payne. Meanwhile, in the aquarium, the snail shoots a tiny ­harpoon-shaped tooth from its proboscis. Bam!—the mollusk lances its prey, ...

Cone shells have even killed people who pick them up, unaware of the danger. Indeed, cone snail venom is so powerful and painless that victims can die unaware that they’ve even been bitten.

The most recognizable characteristic of a cone snail is its shell. These come in various colors and patterns, each serving as a warning. There are more than 900 species of cone snails, ...

You're bound to come across all kinds of snails when you're gardening, but there's one variety in particular that you should ...

Cone snails are for life, not just at Christmas Date: December 23, 2013 ... cone shells have been found in ancient Neolithic sites and there is a Rembrandt etching of a cone shell from 1650.

You know what I’m talking about that. They’re cone-shaped. They’re brightly colored, intricately patterned houses of, well, snails, cone snails. But if you ever find a shell with a snail inside, be ...

Cone snails, one of the largest families of marine snails, have heavy, smooth shells and are much prized by collectors. When the cone snails shoot fish with their tooth, they hold on to the tooth ...

Shells from cone snails sit on post-doctoral researcher Ho Yan Yeung’s laptop inside of a lab in the Emma Eccles Jones Medical Research Building on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake ...