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 ...

They say life imitates art, but any scientist knows that the best designs imitate life. Researchers from the MIT Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN) are drawing new biomimicry inspiration for ...

In 2016, a retired scientist in London discovered a garden snail with a shell that coiled counterclockwise - the opposite of ...

Deep within the Kairei Indian hydrothermal vent field, two-and-one-half miles below the central Indian Ocean, scientists have discovered a gastropod mollusk, whose armor could improve load-bearing and ...

Snails have shells the moment they're born, but it's kind of hard to tell. In fact, it's hard to even see a baby snail. Some are nearly microscopic, such as Angustopila psammion, whose adult-sized ...

In this episode of RTÉjr Radio's Let's Dive In, Julie and Phil join forces with Collie Ennis to find out how snails grow their shells. Collie Ennis, Zoologist extraordinaire and Critter Shed podcast ...

As well as Neanderthal remains, the research team has stumbled across large quantities of cultural debris, including a tiny snail shell plaque that was made by the first modern people in the region.

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Friends of the Irish Environment Director Tony Lowes told Newsweek his message to the president: "Hey, Donald—remember that ...