Over the past two decades, the Gulf of Maine has become a popular landing spot for invasive species from across the world, ...

Two common snail species (Nucella lapillus and Littorina obtusata) have evolved in response to a major predator: the invasive ...

These marine snails combine exceptional vision, protective shells, and acrobatic leaping to evade deadly predators. Snails with the largest eyes are keeping a lookout for predators, new research ...

Using freshwater snails and their predators (e.g., crayfish, fish, insects) as a model system, the Hoverman Lab addresses the ecology and evolution of predator-prey interactions (i.e. inducible ...

which protects the snail from predators and prevents it from drying out. Partula snails went extinct in the wild because of another snail species—or rather, two. In 1967, the French Polynesian ...

Porites cylindrica corals were caged to exclude other predators and a Coralliophila snail was attached to feed for 24 days. Although snail feeding is very localized, the negative effects of ...

Giant triton (snail) -> Crown-of-thorns starfish -> Hard coral One of the few predators of the crown-of-thorns starfish, the giant triton (Charonia tritonis) has evolved a tolerance to the ...

‘People may wonder why you would lose your shell because most snails can retreat into it and be protected from predators and dehydration.’ ‘But there’s a biological cost to making a shell. You need a ...

The snails emit light apparently to avoid predators, according to Yuichi Oba, a professor at Chubu University’s Department of Environmental Biology and a member of the research team. Oba ...

"Not garbage! Not an alien!" the Seaside Aquarium posted on Facebook recently. "It's a giant marine snail egg casing!" Fully grown, the Lewis' moon snail can grow up to 5.5 inches. The Washington ...