RADULA movement in prosobranchiate gastropods is a factor in the predator-prey relationship of many species of gastropods (Naticidæ, Muricidæ and others) and other molluscs, involving ...

The bar chart illustrated the distribution of species across various gastropod families (Figure 2). The number of species per family varied greatly, ranging from 1 to 25. The highest number of species ...

These medically important parasites infect a wide range of hosts, including humans, pigs, dogs, cats, and fish. They are defined by their elongated, worm-like bodies and a retractable proboscis ...

Acanthocephalans are characterized by their worm-like body shape and a retractable proboscis armed with rows of recurved (i.e., backward-facing) hooks for anchoring to the digestive tracts of ...

Measuring approximately one to two centimeters in length, Juracanthocephalus possesses a fusiform body divided into three distinct parts, including a proboscis, neck, and trunk. Researchers believe ...

So how did quinoa take the world by storm? In this episode of Gastropod, co-hosts Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley explore how this edible seed from the high Andes mountains became a health-food ...

Alligators are among the most dangerous animals in the Mississippi River. Alligators of different sizes use the river as a habitat, and as such, it might be considered dangerous for inexperienced ...

Amy McCarthy is a reporter at Eater.com, focusing on pop culture, policy and labor, and only the weirdest online trends. It doesn’t help that those inspection systems were weirdly complicated to ...

Long-distance seafarers crossed the Mediterranean Sea far earlier than scientists had believed, a new study has found. Excavations at a cave on the island of Malta have uncovered stone tools ...