Worms and snails cope with pressure 2,500 m below the surface of the Pacific
Giant worms found writhing beneath the Pacific seabed have revealed a thriving ecosystem in an extremely hostile environment, according to ...
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Scientists predict – and witness – evolution during 30-year experiment on marine snails
Snails on a small rocky islet evolved before the eyes of scientists. Marine snails were reintroduced after a toxic algae ...
Remains of Tunisian snails provide insight into possible 7,700-year-old local food tradition
A new study by Dr Ismail Saafi of Aix-Marseille University provides details on the discovery of cooked snail remains in ...
Deadly toxin from sea snails could hold key to making better drugs
Scientists are finding clues to how to treat diabetes and hormonal disorders in an unexpected place: a toxin from one ...
Study of marine snails helps clarify debate over how to visualize major evolutionary transitions
Significant evolutionary changes occur gradually rather than in dramatic "monstrous" steps, biologists have discovered, answering the long-debated question of how ...
