To go at a 'snail's pace' is rarely considered a good thing. But when a snail decide to slide across a sleeping frog, it's very slow and steady rate probably saved it's life - because it didn't ...

Scientists at the University of Utah have been coming at this from an interesting, nature-inspired angle, borrowing useful elements of cone snail venom to produce a potent hybrid “mini-insulin ...

The human hybrid insulin combines the potency of human insulin with the fast-acting potential of venom insulin produced by predatory cone snails. The finding, based on animal studies, could ...

The frog is enjoying an afternoon nap, minding its own business high up in a branch when a snail slides along to interrupt its snooze. Solent News / Today Slow and steady may be a winning strategy ...

The bright green Wallace's flying frog was spotted giving the snail a quick kiss before it hopped onto its back where it sat for a few minutes. Photographer Hendy Mp, 25, captured the unusual ...

"We now have the capability to create a hybrid version of insulin that works in humans and that also appears to have many of the positive attributes of cone snail insulin," says Danny Hung-Chieh Chou, ...