In total, the study describes four snails placed in a new genus the scientists named Cayo, the Spanish word for a small island or key. The sea snails are a part of the same family of an invasive ...

They are found along reefs in the Pacific and Indo-Pacific, where the snails stun and eat small fish. The team measured how the cone snail’s consomatin interacts with somatostatin’s targets in ...

Toxin from one of the most venomous animals on the planet -- a deadly sea snail -- could help researchers figure out new ways to treat diabetes and other hormone disorders, a new study suggests.

In total, the study describes four snails placed in a new genus the scientists named Cayo, the Spanish word for a small island or key. The sea snails are a part of the same family of invasive ...