Mother-of-pearl is the hard, silvery, internal layer of several kinds of shells, especially oysters, the large varieties of which in the Indian Seas secrete this coat of sufficient thickness to ...

Viral TikTok shows woman's panic in Japan after she handled the shell of one of the world's deadliest snails. Cone snails use harpoon-like teeth to inject venom that immobilizes their victims.

First Nations people started trading 'trepang', or sea cucumber, in the 1700s, and now these tiny marine animals may help ...

There is a remarkable snail with breathtakingly beautiful shells that can only be found in Cuba. It is not native to any ...

We were given a behind-the-scenes look at the daily tasks assigned to the aquarists of the Bailey-Matthews National Shell ...

"I'm grateful for whatever reason the snail did not sting me and to have this second chance," Beckylee Rawls told Newsweek after her close call.

We were given a behind-the-scenes look at the daily tasks assigned to the aquarists of the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium.

A woman has urged people to be careful when picking shells up on the beach after she says she nearly died after picking up a shell that was home to a highly venomous ...

Cate Blanchett wears an ornate shell and pearl Dilara Findikoglu top to the Serpentine Gallery Summer Party in London.

Snail hibernation, scientifically known as estivation or dormancy, is a fascinating survival mechanism that allows these mollusks to endure unfavorable environmental conditions. Unlike mammals that ...