Bea Ramiro began to study the sea snail species Conus rolani more or less by chance. Together with two fishermen she was collecting material in the waters off the Philippine island of Cebu in 2018. At ...

Each purple storm snail that washes ashore carries a story of remarkable survival at the ocean’s surface, Jace Tunnell writes.

Cone snails have inspired humans for centuries. Coastal communities have often traded their beautiful shells like money and put them in jewelry. Many artists, including Rembrandt, have featured them ...

Spies with a penchant for exotic poisons can add a new one to their list – snail venom. For more than 23 years, Professor Baldomero M. Olivera has been studying snail venom. This week, his team at the ...

MOBILE, Ala. -- Despite thousands of pounds of poison, hundreds of man hours and an all-out attack by state and federal biologists, Amazonian apple snails are still hanging on in Langan Municipal Park ...

A sea snail living in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines may be able to help scientists develop an alternative to addictive painkillers like morphine, a new study concludes. Bea Ramiro began to ...