Shells of their former selves: How sea snails have adapted to invasive predators

Over the past two decades, the Gulf of Maine has become a popular landing spot for invasive species from across the world, ...

The shells of these sea snails look like miniature elephant tusks

Next time you’re scanning the shoreline, you might just spot one of the ocean’s most overlooked treasures: ivory tusk shells.
Chicago Sun-Times

Escarg-no: Fake snail shells created by Northwestern students will be used to lure in sea predators for research

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AOL

Meet the Painted Snail With Shells as Unique as Fingerprints

Cuban snail (Polymita picta) world most beautiful land snails from Cuba , its known as "Painted Snails", rare, endangered and protected. Colorful snails, selective focus, copy space© Mark ...
Forbes

Meet The Snail That Thrives Where Almost Nothing Else Can. Hint: It Has Armor Made Of Iron

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. In hydrothermal vent fields, a small snail evolved an iron-reinforced shell. Here’s how it ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Species of the Month: Meet the ‘distinctive’ moon snail

We’re all familiar with La Jolla’s sea lions, harbor seals, orcas, garibaldi and seabirds. But in this series of stories called Species of the Month, the Light sheds light on other, lesser-known ...
The Guardian

Sex and the sea snail: how a plucky marine lab brought a mollusk back from the brink

Once abundant in California, the white abalone had all but vanished. Now, thanks to an innovative breeding program, it’s staged a remarkable comeback On a sunny January afternoon in Bodega Bay, some ...