Most people have collected shells at the beach. Some have even started a shell collection. But few people realise these shells are a unique genetic resource that scientists are only beginning to tap ...

In the end it was neither beauty, nor gymnastic mating rituals that won the public over. In voting the Chilean abalone to victory in the international "Mollusc of the Year" contest on Thursday, people ...

Researchers have discovered a remarkable new species of sea slug that lives in the deep sea. Nicknamed the 'mystery mollusc,' the nudibranch Bathydevius caudactylus swims through the ocean's midnight ...

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Intended as a versatile, all-day shelter for the wilderness, festival or even backyard, the Mollusc tent features a unique, nature-inspired flip-top construction. The dome tent is supported by an ...

THE fascinating diversity of mollusc shells is showcased in these striking photographs of part of the shell collection at the Natural History Museum in London. The images are taken from Interesting ...

Researchers think they may have solved enduring mystery of where Typhloesus wellsi sits on tree of life The mystery of a bizarre creature dubbed the “alien goldfish”, which has baffled fossil experts ...

Reconstruction of a 390 million year-old multiplacaphoran … easy when you know how. Jakob Vinther/University of Texas at Austin. When you think 3D you probably imagine the cinema and popcorn, or that ...

For more than 400 million years chitons – marauding marine molluscs – have roamed the seas, munching on algae-encrusted rocks with their glittering black, metallic teeth. Chitons roam courtesy of a ...

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