A tiny new snail species discovered in Thailand has been named after legendary artist Pablo Picasso, due to the strange, ...

A snail named after painter Pablo Picasso is one of many species named after artists, but some researchers question whether ...

A team of scientists looked at a tiny, 3-mm snail and saw art. An international group of ... interpretation of other snails with 'normal' shell shapes." The research team just published a 300 ...

Ironically, most sea snails don't care a whit about their shell pattern. They are buried in the mud of the seafloor where their patterns are hidden even from potential mates. "The pigment is a cue ...

Modern cone snail shells are washed in color and full of intricate patterns. These aren't just pleasing to the eye; they also help scientists tell different species apart. But after millions of ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Jukkit Suksawat a Thai artist who has been creating traditional mother-of-pearl inlay for the past 30 years. He is determined to keep this 14th-century tradition ...

The strange reproductive habits of a large, carnivorous New Zealand snail were once shrouded in mystery. Now, footage of the ...

A tiny new snail species discovered in Thailand has been named after legendary artist Pablo Picasso, due to the strange, complex geometric patterns seen on its shell. The species, measuring only 3 ...

Researchers also propose a new method to classify snails by sorting them into similar groups based on overall shell shape, shell surface texture, and the arrangement of apertural barriers.