An international team of experts has resolved long-standing questions about the evolutionary history of mollusks, one of the most diverse zoological groups on the planet. The study, published in ...

Nominated for Best Animated Feature at this year’s Oscars, independent Australian film Memoir of a Snail finds a surprising amount of optimism in the darkest aspects of life. Succession’s Sarah Snook ...

As climate change accelerates, finding effective solutions that deliver outsized impact becomes increasingly crucial. Now, ...

Unlike the octopus's arms, which that animal often uses to move and carry objects, the cuttlefish's eight arms are specialized for grasping prey after the cuttlefish captures it with its two ...

This creates a material called nacre, also known as mother-of-pearl, which encases the irritant and protects the mollusc from it. When pearls are cultured commercially an irritant is manually inserted ...

Pearls are the result of a mollusc's reaction to irritants such as parasites that enter its shell. Although model pearls are perfectly round and smooth, in reality they come in a huge number of shapes ...

Irish marine enthusiasts can vote for their favourite mollusc in the annual "Mollusc of the Year" award until March 31st ...