Behind a pretty shell sits a precision hunter whose toxins can stop a heartbeat, yet also power pain relief and new diabetes ...

(CN) — Despite their conventional name and colorful patterned shells, some cone snails are killers. Their venom not only paralyzes and kills their marine prey, but, depending on the species, they can ...

Snails seem like slow, unassuming animals until you meet the cone snail. This mollusk packs a punch as one of the most predatory and venomous creatures crawling the seafloor. This YouTube video shows ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Post-doctoral researcher Ho Yan Yeung pulls samples of cone snail venom out of a ultra low temp freezer while explaining her ...

A rare natural spectacle unfolded along Odisha’s Puri coastline as countless sea snails washed up on the shore, turning the beach into a mesmerising carpet of moving shells. Visitors were left amazed ...

Researchers have found that variants of this cone snail venom could offer future possibilities for developing new fast-acting drugs to help treat diabetics. The tapered cone shell is popular among ...

Last year, a resident of Okinawa, Japan, named Beckylee Rawls went tidepooling and spotted a beautiful snail in the water.