Once abundant in California, the white abalone had all but vanished. Now, thanks to an innovative breeding program, it’s staged a remarkable comeback ...

Along parts of the Western Australian coast, large shells sometimes lie half buried in tidal mud. They belong to Syrinx aruanus, known as the Australi.

By drawing water into an internal, muscular cavity and forcefully expelling it through a flexible, narrow tube, known as a siphon, cephalopods are able to create forward thrust, propelling themselves ...

Throughout its “geologically young” 4,500- to 5,000-year history, Willapa Bay has endured many dynamic changes to its ...

Guinness World Records recognises Gee Geronimo, a giant African land snail measured at 27.3 centimetres in 1978 in West Sussex, as the largest recorded terrestrial snail. However, marine species such ...

After nearly a decade of taxonomic puzzle-solving, a team of scientists from the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Department of Biological Sciences, Sea Change Project, the University of Tokyo and ...

Early mornings at Puri’s Blue Flag Beach are calm and enchanting. Gentle waves wash over the golden sands as the first rays of sunlight stretch across the horizon. In a recently shared video, tiny sea ...

"Shellfish are an interesting food group. I mean, we put them all into one big category, but they do come in two major ...

After nearly a decade of taxonomic detective work, scientists from the University of Cape Town (UCT), the Sea Change Project, the University of Tokyo and Stellenbosch University have confirmed the ...

The incident unfolded after an officer observed the woman and another individual handling seas through a spotting scope California Department of Fish and Wildlife/Facebook California wildlife officers ...

A Dorset homeowner is furious after local planners backed an illegal concrete wall obstructing her sea view. Liz Bates accused “unscrupulous” developers of “making a mockery” of the planning system ...

Production of this article included the use of AI. It was reviewed and edited by a team of content specialists. The deep ocean off Argentina’s coast is teeming with far more life than scientists ever ...