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

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

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 ...

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

The cone snail delivers a venomous sting capable of paralyzing — or even killing — humans Recently, Beckylee Rawls and her ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

This highlights the power of venoms to discover new drug leads and the cunningness that venomous animals use to immobilize their prey," she added. Cone snails catch and kill their prey, mostly ...

A freshly collected batch of cone snails is handled with care by researchers. The venom in these snails, potentially deadly to humans, could hold the key to developing new therapeutics.

SALT LAKE CITY — The venom of geography cone snails may hold the key to developing better drugs for people with diabetes or hormone disorders. The findings of an international research team led ...