The unusual mollusks of oceanic cold seeps--strange clams, mussels and sea snails that thrive in the sulfur and methane-rich environments--are on average older than the marine mollusk community as a ...

Seasonal dynamics of the number and some bioenergetic indices of the population of Falsimargarita iris (Smith) (Gastropoda, Trochidae) from the Davis Sea (East Antarctic) / E.N. Egorova -- Malacofauna ...

To help save the endangered black abalone, scientists are relocating some of the marine snails from the Channel Islands to the coast of mainland California. On a stretch of shore northwest of Santa ...

Aim: The Mediterranean Sea is a hotspot of endemism and it is warming at two to three times the rate of the global ocean. The continental masses that surround it constrain species range shifts.

"Since 1982, we have monitored biodiversity of marine molluscs and echinoderms including sea snails, clams, starfish and sea urchins on rocky reefs at Rottnest Island, Cottesloe, Trigg Point and ...

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. "The oceans cover 70 percent of the surface of our planet, and yet they are still the least explored," says Sir ...

Coastal marine sediments are commonly enriched in metals, including potentially toxic trace metals, by natural processes and human activities. These sediments have long been regarded as the final ...

A new species of tusk shell, a burrowing marine mollusk, has been discovered in deep, North Atlantic waters by scientists from the British Antarctic Survey and the Senckenberg Society for Nature ...

Chitons, unassuming marine molluscs, possess teeth harder than steel, thanks to a unique magnetite-based nanostructure. Scientists are studying this biological marvel to inspire the creation of ...

Curtin University researchers believe rising sea temperatures are to blame for the plummeting number of invertebrates such as molluscs and sea urchins at Rottnest Island off Western Australia, with ...