A TikToker’s beachcombing adventure turned into a viral cautionary tale after she unknowingly picked up one of the deadliest creatures on Earth. Beckylee Rawls was tidepooling in Okinawa, Japan, when ...

Snails seem like slow, unassuming animals until you meet the cone snail. This mollusk packs a punch as one of the most predatory and venomous creatures crawling the seafloor. This YouTube video shows ...

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 ...

Cone snails may appear small and harmless, but some species possess an extremely potent venom used to immobilise prey. Found primarily in warm ocean waters, these marine snails use a specialised, ...

Experts are warning summer vacationers to be on the lookout for a hidden flesh-eating beach threat that could kill them within minutes. Hiding inside some seashells could be a cone snail — a highly ...

Adult Conus magus cone snail eating fish. Credit: Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland University of Queensland researchers have reared deadly cone snails in a laboratory ...

An investigation of the cone snail toxin has led to the development of a new method for studying molecular interactions. Researchers led by Izhar Karbat and Eitan Reuvenyat from the Weizmann Institute ...