Rawls held and shook the shell in her video captioned, “She doesn’t know it yet, but she’s about to pick up the world’s deadliest shell that leads to full paralysis in minutes.” Rawls wrote, “ Last ...

Beyond snakes and spiders, nature harbors venomous mammals, mollusks, and fish employing toxins for defense and predation.

Researchers at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) have launched a public awareness campaign targeting jellyfish stings after identifying the transparent marine creatures as an ...

After her online search, she discovered that the cone snail is considered the most dangerous shell in the world. While the ...

The radical redefinition of what constitutes venom argues that any secretion that brings about a “negative extended phenotype ...

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

Beachgoers are being advised to steer clear of a particular type of shell known as the cone snail, which may look harmless ...

And the venom of cone snails inspired the development of Prialt (ziconotide), a painkiller injected into a patient’s spinal fluid. Get smart, have fun.

The ocean is filled with a ton of eye-catching creatures, and more than a few of the animals that fall under that umbrella can kill you. That includes the ...

“She doesn’t know it yet but she’s about to pick up the world’s deadliest shell that leads to full paralysis in minutes,” she ...

A woman in Japan unknowingly put her life at risk when she bent over and picked up a shell while exploring tide pools.

If it’s a cone, leave it alone — that’s what Beckylee Rawls learned after she went to the beach and held death in her hand ...