Beaches often gift us treasures like seashells or sea creatures, but sometimes, certain rare and unique creatures wash up on ...

Over the past two decades, the Gulf of Maine has become a popular landing spot for invasive species from across the world, says Geoffrey Trussell, an evolutionary biologist and professor at ...

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A rare purple sea snail (Janthina) washes ashore in San Deigo. Scientists reveal its floating bubble-raft lifestyle, striking violet colour and how ocean currents unexpectedly carried it to the beach.

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The margarita sea snail, which shoots out a toxic mucus web to catch prey, was discovered on a coral reef in the Florida Keys and was named after Buffett, who died on Sept. 1. When you purchase ...

Science has not exactly been kind to the rough periwinkle. For one, taxonomists keep forgetting the species, known to malacologists as Littorina saxatilis, exists. It’s been “discovered” so many times ...

A viral video claiming to show how baby seashells are "born" is blowing people's minds, as they admitted they had no idea how the intricate objects were created. Beachgoer Abby Spelman shared a clip ...

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Nearly a century after insulin was discovered, an international team of researchers including University of Utah Health scientists report that they have developed the world's smallest, fully ...