Fossils of toothy, slug-like creatures that grazed the sea floor 500 million years ago have shed light on the origins of modern-day snails, shellfish and squid, a study said Wednesday. The most ...

MOLL. COPY: 39088007981590 is 22 x 29 cm. MOLL. COPY: 39088007981590 has bookplate, gift of Alan R. Kabat. Seasonal dynamics of the number and some bioenergetic indices of the population of ...

The story of how animals first set foot out of the water and onto land just became more complex. Fossil evidence reveals that molluscs may have been among the first animals to spend time out of the ...

Rare specimens found in China from 514m years ago thought to be remains of proto-mollusc From colourful, enigmatic octopuses, to oysters with their iridescent pearls, molluscs today are as beautiful ...

A researcher has reviewed, from a molecular and morphological point of view, a family of marine gastropod molluscs, the Aeolidiidae nudibranch, and discovered eighteen new species. Molluscs are ...

Birds often hold important positions in the food webs of ecosystems. As a result, interactions between birds and their prey have attracted attention not only in ecology, but also in fields like ...

Most people have collected shells at the beach. Some have even started a shell collection. But few people realise these shells are a unique genetic resource that scientists are only beginning to tap ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Robyn Williams: And we stay in Tasmania at the museum in Hobart, still wet, with Dr Simon Grove and Rob ...

Winner from shortlist of five will have its genome sequenced as scientists raise awareness of species’ amazing roles in nature From the sea butterfly to the naval shipworm to the barge-footer, a ...

A 480-million-year-old slug-like fossil has been uncovered in Morocco, shedding new light on the evolution of molluscs -- a diverse group of invertebrates that includes clams, snails and squids.

Snails are well known for their lack of speed and their ability to upset gardeners. But there is growing scientific interest in the familiar sticky trail of slime they leave behind – and the medicinal ...