The world's largest invertebrate remained hidden from humanity until a tantalising glimpse 100 years ago. But it would be ...

Another organ called the radula, studded with sharp teeth ... on the shelves of the Molluscs Department at the Natural History Museum in London. An email to O'Shea's friend, Jon Ablett, a senior ...

An international team of marine biologists has documented the highest known count of deep-sea species living in methane seeps ...

Why it's awesome: Not all slugs blend into the background. Some, like the striking Mount Kaputar slug, stand out from the crowd. These slimy critters not only grow up to 8 inches (20 centimeters ...

Million-Yr-Old Mollusk Fossils Emo and Punk Prove the Species Was Evolutionarily Rich and Diverse Punk and Emo shook paleontologists worldwide by changing everything they knew about the origin of ...

The Louisiana Department of Health has closed down oyster harvesting in the area east of Lake Borgne and issued a recall for any catch taken from the area since Jan. 10. State officials say 15 people ...

comprising a number of the pearl-producing species of mollusca, I have tried to place our knowledge of the matter upon a more satisfactory basis.

Palaeontology is the study of prehistoric species, mostly ones that are extinct. It focuses primarily on fossil data, using a variety of physical, chemical and biological techniques to analyse ...

“The names Punk and Emo were actually our initial pet names for these ancient mollusks, inspired by some of their unique features and individuality,” says lead study author Dr. Mark Sutton from ...

Evolution has crafted an exquisite library of bioactive peptides expressed in the venomous species of the world. This vast diversity of bioactive peptides has long been recognized as a tremendous ...