Snails and slugs are common pests in gardens. They belong to the mollusk family along with oysters, and they crawl along over ...

Some of nature’s most mesmerizing works of art might just be hanging in your backyard. The artist is an orb weaver spider.

The Coonamessett Farm Foundation is trying to create a market for species that prey on bivalves — especially scallops, which ...

When it comes to resolutions, I am more of the Mae West way of thinking: “I generally avoid temptation, unless I can’t resist ...

These "total monsters of fishes" are extinct today, though new clues about their lives come from CT scans and their closest ...

In 2025, the world marked another sad milestone in the ongoing loss of biodiversity: multiple species long missing from their ...

Scientists warn that a proposed expansion of Port Everglades could cause unprecedented damage to corals in the U.S., ...

19. The largest known prime number contains 41,024,320 digits. 20. Frogs breathe and drink through their skin. 21. A bullet ...

Pearls begin as irritants within oysters, which respond by slowly covering the foreign object with layers of nacre. This ...

The giant ground sloth may be the most beloved of all of Iowa’s Ice Age animals, thanks to Rusty the Giant Sloth charming ...

I am a local business owner. I am a mother. I ship snails from Elyria to homes across Ohio and beyond. It may sound unusual, ...

Consumers around the world are shelling out for cosmetic products containing snail mucus, with its global market in 2022 valued at about $555 million. After a snail mucus skin care boom in South Korea ...