A collection of fossil shells from marine snails and clams is challenging a theory that says the world's deadliest mass extinction was accompanied by severe ocean acidification. The study is the first ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

Pigments in fossil snail shells from Austria dating back 12 million years are the oldest known preserved dyes from the polyene group, as scientists from the Natural History Museum Vienna and the ...

Peter Wagner's research on the twists and turns of fossil snail shells and evolutionary theory has earned him the 2004 Charles Schuchert Award from the Paleontological Society. The society bestows the ...

Chinese researchers have recently discovered that the composition of land snail shells can be used to reconstruct precipitation levels during extreme rain events, the Institute of Earth Environment of ...

The fossils that were preserved upside down, indicates that it likely had a muscular foot similar to a slug. Shishania would have used that leg to creep around the seafloor. Unlike most mollusks, it ...

Jack Wonfor (pictured) is among the fossil hunters on the Isle of Wight who found a 211-pound fossilized seashell. It’s a 115-million-year-old ammonite, best described as a “squid-like cephalopod ...

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A tiny snail trapped in ancient amber has scientists puzzling over the usefulness of hairy shells. Could they make the critters more sexually attractive? Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers ...

A collection of fossil shells from marine snails and clams is challenging a theory that says the world’s deadliest mass extinction was accompanied by severe ocean acidification. Instead of showing ...