Cone snails have one of the most lethal venoms on the planet. ... Robinson, who is a National Geographic Explorer, began studying venom professionally some 40 years after Schmidt.

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 ...

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

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

Cone snails are marine mollusks equipped with a ... but at least two species – the textile cone (Conus textile) and the geography cone (Conus geographus) – can inject venom that’s capable ...

Safavi says: "There are about 40 known fatalities by cone snails and nearly all — if not all — were caused by a single species, Conus geographus, commonly known as the geography cone. Some of the ...

In the "Jurassic Park" sequel "The Lost World: Jurassic Park," the Lindstradt air gun is a weapon that shoots a dart containing "enhanced venom" from the cone snail (Conus purpurascens), which the ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The venom of geography cone snails may hold the key to developing better drugs for people with diabetes or hormone disorders. The findings of an international research team led ...