A new study has found that nearly half of the body traits identified across mollusks – a group that includes snails, clams, ...

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Snails have shells the moment they're born, but it's kind of hard to tell. In fact, it's hard to even see a baby snail. Some are nearly microscopic, such as Angustopila psammion, whose adult-sized ...

Healthy corals are colorful and full of life. And under normal conditions, corals and algae depend on one another. The corals offer the algae protection and the photosynthesizing algae provide the ...

It is virtually impossible for a prospective Magellanic penguin mother to find or build a soft spot to lay her eggs. So it turns out that her eggs come with extra-thick shells to withstand being laid ...

In a bid to reduce the carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions produced by the construction industry, researchers at the University of Córdoba have developed a paving block derived from mollusk shells.

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A day lasted only about 23-and-a-half hours. The Earth turned faster than it does today. The new study used lasers to sample tiny slices of a mollusk's shell and count the growth rings. When dinosaurs ...