New Species Uncovered in Meghalaya Two new microscopic snail species found in Meghalaya (Photo: Research Matters/website) ...

They hide a vast chemical arsenal that researchers are mining for pain, diabetes, and brain disease therapies.

An international team of malacologists discovered a new snail species, Anauchen picasso, in Southeast Asia that exhibits a highly complex and rectangularly angled shell shape, resembling a ...

Researchers have identified two new species of microscopic snails, Georissa meghalayaensis and Acmella bensoni, in the ...

Over the past two decades, the Gulf of Maine has become a popular landing spot for invasive species from across the world, says Geoffrey Trussell, an evolutionary biologist and professor at ...

Scientists have discovered a new, bright yellow snail in the Florida Keys, and they’re appropriately calling it the “margarita snail.” The lemon-colored snail was found in the depths of the only ...

We’re all familiar with La Jolla’s sea lions, harbor seals, orcas, garibaldi and seabirds. But in this series of stories called Species of the Month, the Light sheds light on other, lesser-known ...

They say beauty is everywhere if we have eyes to see. A team of scientists looked at a tiny, 3-mm snail and saw art. An international group of malacologists (researchers studying mollusks) led by ...

A tiny new species of snail with an unusual shell has been named after the painter Pablo Picasso. Researchers who discovered the three-millimetre creature say they came up with the name because when ...