Scientists have discovered a new snail species that’s pretty special: It shoots slime, lives on shipwrecks, and could have major implications for coral reef restoration. Now, along with other ...

Normally, it takes the waxing and waning of the moon to coax certain worms from hiding on the seafloor to mate. Out in the open, sex-inducing chemicals kick off a swirling dance that culminates in a ...

In estuaries around the world, tiny trematode worms take over the bodies of aquatic snails. These parasitic flatworms invade the snail’s body and use its systems to support their colony, sometimes for ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of worm-snail on a shipwreck in the Florida Keys. The new species, which is colorful and shoots mucus webs to trap food, is likely an invasive species from the ...

Two new friends—neither, let’s say, in danger of winning a MacArthur Genius Grant anytime soon—star in three cheerfully screwy stories from Kügler (In Mary’s Garden). In the first, Worm meets Snail ...

What's brightly colored, lives on shipwrecks, filter-feeds like a whale, and shoots webs like Spiderman? If you can't readily come up with an answer, that's okay: until now, such animals weren't known ...

Apple snails can sicken humans if they are eaten raw or undercooked. Their egg masses also contain a toxin which can cause skin and eye rashes. The apple snail, a harmful invasive species, has been ...

A newfound species of colorful marine snail slings nets of mucus like superhero web slinger Spider-Man and is "kind of cute," according to the scientist who found and described it. The tiny sea ...

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have discovered a caste of genetically identical "warrior worms" –– members of a parasitic fluke species that invades the California horn ...

Anybody who says mama nature doesn’t have a seriously dark side needs to check out this video of a harmless land snail’s eyes pulsating with an assortment of bright colors like a pair of psychedelic ...

A new species of worm-snail is rather snotty. Thylacodes vandyensis shoots out strands of mucus that tangle together, building a spiderweb-like trap for plankton and other floating snacks, researchers ...