A Dutch research institute conducted a study on snails, noting that their shell color might vary depending on whether they reside in urban or rural ...
The snail’s shell diameter averages about 22 to 30 millimeters (.87 to 1.18 inches). Each snail’s shell has a unique combination of stripes and colors, so no two are exactly alike. These snails eat ...
Scientists have discovered a new sea snail that has similar coloring to a margarita cocktail. The bright yellow snail inspired its name Cayo margarita — a nod to Jimmy Buffet's song "Margaritaville." ...
Tiny snails found on Australia's eastern coast can flicker their spiral shells like dim, blue-green light bulbs. Some snails excrete bioluminescent trails of snot or blink their muscly foot to attract ...
In hydrothermal vent fields, a small snail evolved an iron-reinforced shell. Here’s how it challenges assumptions about nature’s toughest composites.
Pigments in fossil snail shells from Austria dating back 12 million years are the oldest known preserved dyes from the polyene group, as scientists from the Natural History Museum Vienna and the ...
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