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Researchers in Japan have altered the destiny of a rout of snails by changing the chirality of their shells before birth. By delicately manipulating a batch of developing embryos, the scientists ...

As stars age, they often shed their skins, so to speak, casting off expansive shells of dust and gas into interstellar space. As stars age, they often shed their skins, so to speak, casting off ...

Sea shells are abundant on the New Jersey shores. There are the black ridged scallop shells that look like accordion fans, the pretty and delicate spiral shells that come in various patterns and ...

Ammonites are a group of extinct cephalopod mollusks with ribbed spiral shells. They are exceptionally diverse and well known to fossil lovers. Researchers have developed the first biomechanical model ...

A still from the first ever video of a live ram's head squid in the wild. Schmidt Ocean Institute Last week, a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) surveying the depths off the northern Great Barrier Reef ...

A new study has explored the evolution of an egg shell-like casing in Argonauta argo, a species of octopus. A. argo can be found in tropical and subtropical waters across the globe, often living in ...