“Not garbage! Not an alien!” the Seaside Aquarium posted on Facebook recently. “It’s a giant marine snail egg casing!” Fully grown, the Lewis’ moon snail can grow up to 5.5 inches. The Washington ...

Snails live all over the world, even in the ocean and in freshwater streams, lakes, and marshes. They’re known both for their extreme slowness and for the houses (shells) they carry on their backs.

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Snails have over 1,000 microscopic teeth. Some eat leaves, but different snails eat many different things, including other snails. Photo by Jennifer Schlick Of all the flora and fauna in the region, ...

With the use of ultra-high-speed videography, biologists have shed light on the hunting mechanism of the cone snail Conus catus. The researchers identified the snail's hydraulically propelled feeding ...