Scientists compared the scarring of California black turban snail shells with fossilized shells to help understand crab population changes. Credit: Fitzgerald Marine Reserve Docent / CC via Flickr ...

Black turban snails are small marine snails that make tasty prey for crabs. Failed crab attacks leave scars on a snail’s shell. By analyzing the rate of scarring and the size of the snail when it was ...

To escape from predatory sea stars, black turban snails grazing on algae will quickly crawl up and out of tide pools. But as seawaters become more acidic, snails are losing their flight response. The ...

Hermit crabs are more than happy to let snails build them a perfect home. Hermit crabs are obsessed with snail shells. These crafty little crabs, found in California's rocky intertidal zone, are more ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. On October 1, 2009, in Monterey, ...