Syrinx aruanus, the largest snail in the world, does not resemble the tiny snails we know from our gardens. Instead, Syrinx aruanus reaches nearly 3 feet long, and its shell is shaped like a trumpet .

Starting when he was a Ph.D. student in the 1990s, he has monitored the evolution of two common species of sea snails living off Maine's coast, tracking how they have responded to changes in that ...

Contact her at [email protected] Over 800 marine species were newly discovered ... These deep-sea snails inject toxins into their prey with precision with venomous, harpoon ...

"Not garbage! Not an alien!" the Seaside Aquarium posted on Facebook recently. "It's a giant marine snail egg casing!" Fully grown, the Lewis' moon snail can grow up to 5.5 inches. The Washington ...

The shells of marine snails – known as pteropods – living in the seas around Antarctica are being dissolved by ocean acidification according to a new study published this week in the journal ...