A snail's shell that protects it from attacks underwater could provide clues for designing improved body armor to guard human soldiers, a new study suggests. The research involved an unusual sea snail ...

We took pictures of the dorsal views of whole beetle bodies with a 2-mm mesh sheet using a digital camera equipped with a macro lens (PowerShot A40; Canon, Tokyo, Japan). Each image was viewed on a ...

Scientists discovered a new species of carnivorous land snail resembling “flying saucers” in Papua New Guinea, according to a new study. John Slapcinsky While sifting through a pile of leaf litter and ...

A tiny new snail species discovered in Thailand has been named after legendary artist Pablo Picasso, due to the strange, complex geometric patterns seen on its shell. The species, measuring only 3 ...

They're neither white and gold or black and blue. But in an optical puzzle akin to The Dress, colourful snails are causing scientists at the University of Nottingham to turn to technology to ...

The new species was discovered in a semi-evergreen forest in Maharashtra, India, according to researchers. Bhosale, H. S., Patil, S. R., & Pawar, S. S. (2025). Journal of Conchology Scientists in the ...

They're neither white and gold or black and blue. But in an optical puzzle akin to The Dress, colourful snails are causing scientists turn to technology to definitively decide whether some snails' ...