The paper, published recently in PLOS One, describes an investigation of 112 ostrich eggshell fragments dating back more than 60,000 years from three archaeological sites in southern Africa. These ...

Behind a pretty shell sits a precision hunter whose toxins can stop a heartbeat, yet also power pain relief and new diabetes ...

Along parts of the Western Australian coast, large shells sometimes lie half buried in tidal mud. They belong to Syrinx aruanus, known as the Australi.

Wachmann, a cold-volcano comet that has long intrigued astronomers, recently became the focus of a stunning discovery. After ...

A pet snail in West Sussex once stunned record keepers with a 27.3cm shell, yet ocean species grow far larger. So which snail truly claims the crown for size?

Every collection needs a "gotta have it" bucket list. Stamps. Coins. Baseball cards. Comic books. Movie posters. Yes, even seashells.

The Australian trumpet snail, the world's largest gastropod, uses its long proboscis to hunt giant worms deep beneath the ocean floor.

How do sea molluscs create the consistent patterns on their shells? How do they know when and how to change the pigment?

From the wetlands of the Chesapeake Bay to the forests farther inland, Maryland hosts an array of birds, mammals, reptiles, insects, and crustaceans. Several animals native to Maryland have been ...

Early mornings at Puri’s Blue Flag Beach are calm and enchanting. Gentle waves wash over the golden sands as the first rays of sunlight stretch across.

A rare natural spectacle unfolded along Odisha’s Puri coastline as countless sea snails washed up on the shore, turning the beach into a mesmerising carpet of moving shells. Visitors were left amazed ...

The occurrence was from Niladri Beach and Blue Flag Beach with the highest concentration seen between Lighthouse Beach and the Baliharachandi mouth.