Also known as "volcano snails," these gastropods grow a suit of metal-enriched scaly armor and have an enormous heart, which helps them survive in oxygen-poor water in the deep ocean.

Now Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) research has shown they avoid areas where the Pacific triton sea snail – also known as the giant triton – is present. The snails, which can ...

The first new species, Peltospira gargantua, was found on a black smoker chimney in the Hydra field at a depth of about ...

1 This is precisely why a detailed long-term study of giant sea snails, red abalone, published in the journal Global Change Biology by University of California (at Davis) researcher Dr. Isabelle ...

The giant sea snails that survived were raised for four years before again being exposed to either high or low-acidity conditions for a further 11 months, with monitoring of their reproductive ...

Under the quarantine, it is illegal to move a giant African land snail or plants ... announced the detection of a non-indigenous sea snail found in the Lake Worth Lagoon in December.

Measuring 6.5 centimetres, this giant magnolia snail (Bertia cambojiensis) at Longleat Safari Park in Wiltshire, UK, certainly lives up to its name. Also known as the Vietnamese giant snail ...

Each is topped by a Majorelle-blue canopy shading its display of huîtres (oysters), giant sea snails, cockles and clams, all arranged within borders of fat lemons and small bottles of Tabasco sauce.

In this episode, I uncover one of Vietnam’s most elusive seafood dishes—grilled thorny conch, cooked and served right in its shell. This rare preparation involves boiling, slicing, and charcoal ...

Hydrothermal vents shooting out black material are home to two new species of marine snail. Screengrab from ... and Pantagruel,” stories of a giant king and his son. “The word Gargantua ...