We built a stunning underground home in the form of a giant snail shell, surrounded by a circular swimming pool. Every curve and layer of this project was designed by hand, merging nature’s ...

Tiny snails found on Australia’s eastern coast can flicker their spiral shells like dim, blue-green light bulbs. Some snails excrete bioluminescent trails of snot or blink their muscly foot to ...

It’s a bit clearer why the snail turns its shell into a lamp. Deheyn found that they flash in response to predators. Slow-moving animals like other snails triggered some mild flashing.

When a snail gets hot, it retreats deep into its shell. The building uses this as a model for a series of deeper and deeper areas that allow for rooms of various temperatures: the farther back you ...

The iron-encrusted shell of a snail that lives near deep-sea volcanic vents could inspire better armour for soldiers and vehicles, researchers say. The scaly-foot snail, discovered in 2003 near ...

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

Layered up A deep-sea snail shell's ability to withstand heavy blows could inspire new generation of body armour. Crysomallon squamiferum , commonly known as the scaly-foot gastropod, was ...

Unusual snail shell could be a model for better armor. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2010 / 01 / 100118153250.htm ...

The design of the shell apparently allows it to deflect attacks by crabs that pick up snails in their claws and squeeze them, sometimes for days at a time, in an attempt to crack their shells. Using a ...