The snail or the egg? How marine snails switched from laying eggs to giving birth Date: January 4, 2024 Source: Institute of Science and Technology Austria ...

Animals reproduce in one of two distinct ways: egg-laying or live birth. By studying an evolutionarily recent transition from egg-laying to live-bearing in a marine snail, collaborative research ...

(What Happens When Snails Stab Their Mates) At seven to 10 years, “the actual lifespan is significantly shorter,” says Gregory S. Herbert, the University of South Florida marine ecologist who ...

This week, the Texas coast has seen an influx of lightning whelks washing up with the tides. Recognized as the official state shell of Texas, the lightning whelk is a fascinating marine predator ...

SINGAPORE: The eggs of an invasive snail species recently spotted at Lower Seletar Reservoir have been removed by national water agency PUB. During its weekly maintenance of the water body on Oct ...

To restore the lost populations, a marine ecologist at the University of Gothenburg began slowly reintroducing L. saxatilis snails to their small skerry habitats in 1992. Over the next 30 years ...

Two giant snail species, Gargantua and Pantagruel, were discovered near black smoker chimneys at Mid-Atlantic hydrothermal vents. Learn more about these finds.