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 ...

Adorned with colorful glass “jewels,” this miniature brass snail’s shell was striking enough to ... is the cover art. Generally, the smaller the picture on the title page, the older the ...

A Swedish artist has spent hours painstakingly creating minuscule works of art - on snails' shells. Stefan Siverud ... As I moved on to more and more advanced patterns, I bought fresh paint ...

More of Picasso's art. How do you name a snail ... The name Anauchen picasso was inspired by the boxy patterns in the snail’s shell. Instead of smooth spirals, it had unexpected angles like ...

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 ...

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 ...

They say life imitates art, but any scientist knows that ... inspiration for body armor design from a hardy ocean snail that boasts a shell structure unlike anything else seen in nature ...

These whorl patterns “look like a cubist interpretation of other snails with ‘normal' shell shapes,” prompting ... Pablo Picasso-style resembling the art style known as Cubism,” scientists ...

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.