By KAREN MADORINMany either know Kansas as a flyover state or viewed through car windows while driving across the flattest, ...

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In hydrothermal vent fields, a small snail evolved an iron-reinforced shell. Here’s how it challenges assumptions about ...

A comprehensive new review paper reveals the staggering loss of biodiversity among island land snails globally. Lead author ...

Land snail extinctions are accelerating across islands, exposing a devastating collapse of some of the world’s most fragile ...

Share your slug and snail findings and help science understand some of our slimy and spectacular local critters.

The marine biologists of the Schmidt Ocean Institute are a busy bunch. Over the last few years, scientists aboard the ...

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A hydrogel made from crustacean shells lets common food bacteria generate electrical signals 15 times more efficiently, ...

Recently, a group of scientists created a detailed map of this space, showing that the bubble is lopsided in both shape and ...