If you think all snails are cute, harmless creatures, you haven’t met the cone snail. The sea dweller lives underwater and preys on fish, worms, and other gastropod mollusks. Snails don’t have claws, ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Storms are known to bring lots of different shells onto North Carolina beaches as they stir up the water. And while many of us like to collect shells on the beach, we are looking at ...

In a world first, researchers have reared cone snails in a laboratory aquarium, which presents huge potential for understanding and unlocking the power of their complex venom for a vast range of human ...

Discover the Geographer Cone Snail who is a tiny predator capable of paralyzing and killing humans instantly and the medical potential of its deadly compounds.

The Geographer Cone Snail, a beautiful but deadly ocean predator, uses a potent neurotoxic venom delivered via a harpoon-like ...

But a recent study from the University of New Hampshire found these deadly cone snails could lead to promising new treatments for diabetes. Cone snails use their venom to immobilize and kill their ...

Post-doctoral researcher Ho Yan Yeung pulls samples of cone snail venom out of a ultra low temp freezer while explaining her research inside of a lab in the Emma Eccles Jones Medical Research Building ...

It might be time to rethink the phrase “moving at a snail’s pace.” New research shows that cone snails — ocean-dwelling mollusks known for their brightly colored shells — attack their prey faster than ...

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S ome of the most dangerous creatures across the world are the ones that have stunning appearances. Their colors, shapes, and ...

Cone snails aren't glamorous. They don't have svelte waistlines or jaw-dropping good looks. Yet, some of these worm-hunting gastropods are the femme fatales or lady killers of the undersea world, ...