predatory marine snails that live mostly in shallow, tropical waters around the globe. Their cone-shaped shells are intricately patterned and brightly colored — prized by seashell collectors ...

While considered a delicacy in some parts of the world, snails have found a more intriguing use to scientists and the medical profession offering a plethora of research possibilities. Cone snails are ...

University of Queensland researchers have reared deadly cone snails in a laboratory aquarium for the first time, uncovering a potential treasure trove of new venoms for drug development.

But conch snails defy these expectations with eyesight as good as some vertebrates. These marine snails combine exceptional vision, protective shells, and acrobatic leaping to evade deadly predators.

Herein, we used transcriptome sequencing to identify a series of novel putative conopeptides from the three venom ducts of the vermivorous cone snail Conus quercinus. Five novel gene superfamilies ...

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Snails have a reputation for being slow, with poor eyes that can barely see the world around them. But conch snails defy these expectations with eyesight as good as some vertebrates. These marine ...

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Although snail mucin is clearly the star of this product, it also contains other hydrating ingredients including betaine and sodium hyaluronate, as well as skin-soothing allantin and panthenol.

FANS of The Masked Singer spent weeks trying to work out who was underneath the elaborate Snail costume. On February 1, 2025, they were thrilled when the mysterious singer was revealed to be 90s ...

Andrea Corr turned out to be the celeb inside Snail's shell. Picture: ITV At first Andrea avoided public suspicion, with the show's panellists suggesting names including Emma Willis, Love Island’s ...