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Mollusks, from land snails and slugs to oysters and mussels in the sea, have a few things in common. They have a head. They have a soft middle part that holds their organs. Then, some have a muscle ...

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 ...

Researchers and citizen scientists document the fascinating lives of seashells. Seashells, with their beautiful shapes and colors, have inspired humans since the dawn of time. Equally fascinating are ...

A collection of fossil shells from marine snails and clams is challenging a theory that says the world's deadliest mass extinction was accompanied by severe ocean acidification. The study is the first ...

Scientists devised a mathematic model that helps explains how Nipponites, some of the wonkiest ammonites, built their shells. By Sabrina Imbler If you’ve seen one ammonite, you may think you’ve seen ...

Learn about how mollusks create these shiny gems and how that biological process could change as Earth’s waters warm Abigail Eisenstadt Smooth pearls in the shape of orbs and ovals are usually created ...

You can see it in the logarithmic whorl of a nautilus. The milky iridescence of an abalone. The spiked turret of a queen conch. Precision, elegance, strength. The seashell is a consonance of form and ...

During a day at the beach, it’s common to see people walking up and down the shore collecting seashells. As a paleontologist and marine ecologist, we look at shells a bit differently than the average ...

At the beach, take only pictures, leave only footprints and sandcastles. The mollusks have enough problems already. Sunrise falls on a lightning whelk on the beach at Sanibel Island in southwestern ...