Most marine animals form their shells from calcium carbonate, which is a tough mineral also found in limestone. Some sponges ...

A snorkeler in Australia found a shell tagged with a strangely specific number, kickstarting an online mystery about its ...

In hydrothermal vent fields, a small snail evolved an iron-reinforced shell. Here’s how it challenges assumptions about ...

"Green crabs are particularly resistant. They can live for a couple of weeks out of water," said Kathleen MacGregor, a ...

Land snail extinctions are accelerating across islands, exposing a devastating collapse of some of the world’s most fragile ...

After molting, this giant mantis shrimp became more aggressive, more exposed, and far more dangerous. With its shell removed ...

Small spaces do not rule out having a memorable pet, as many small exotic pets thrive indoors and stay quiet enough to live with shared walls. These animals rely on compact enclosures instead of yards ...

Jaun-Paul 'JP' Kalman was wading in the shallows of Balmoral Beach, Sydney, when he picked up what he thought was an oyster ...

Irishman Odham McLaughlin had to claw himself out of a real mess after one of his transport trucks — chock full of live crabs ...

When filmmakers slipped a robot crab into a real crab aggregation, they expected curiosity. What they captured instead was a ...

Jaun-Paul 'JP' Kalman was only in the waist-deep waters of Balmoral Beach in Australia but when he picked up an oyster shell he noticed something else had taken hold of him ...

Jaun-Paul 'JP' Kalman, a dad, was enjoying a beach day at Balmoral Beach in Sydney, Australia, when he picked up what he ...