LUBEC, Maine -- Out on the mud flats in the easternmost nook of the United States, generations of clam diggers have dug deep into the muck for tasty soft-shells to satisfy New Englanders’ cravings for ...

Last week at 7 a.m., on my only day off, I received a call from Captain Tom Testeverde in Gloucester. His son, Captain Tom Jr., had just brought in the fishing vessel Midnight Sun with some animals ...

“Not garbage! Not an alien!” the Seaside Aquarium posted on Facebook recently. “It’s a giant marine snail egg casing!” Fully grown, the Lewis’ moon snail can grow up to 5.5 inches. The Washington ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— The Center for Biological Diversity filed three formal petitions today with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seeking protection for the Great Basin ramshorn snail, cinnamon juga ...

With a shell that looks like a full moon, egg cases that look like broken pottery on the seafloor, a unique predatory style and even a feature comparable belly button, the moon snail that frequents La ...

Snails have over 1,000 microscopic teeth. Some eat leaves, but different snails eat many different things, including other snails. Photo by Jennifer Schlick Of all the flora and fauna in the region, ...

Summer is here, it’s hot, the kids are out of school, and by now I expect they’re pretty bored. Perhaps it’s time to go outside and see how bored other things are. For instance, if you’re at the beach ...

Fossil and living animals were analyzed by Finnegan and coauthors in their study of extinction risk in the oceans. Fossil examples on left, living examples on right. From top to bottom: whales, sharks ...