WHIDBEY ISLAND STATION, Wash. — A team of investigators is studying what is causing transmissible cancers in shellfish on both the east and west coasts, including impacts to basket cockles, an ...

Deep under the surface of the South China Sea, a new species waits buried in the sand. Matt Hardy via Unsplash More than 4,000 feet below the ocean’s surface, a crack in the seafloor spews gases into ...

Snails can hide in their shells for months or even years, slowing metabolism and sealing in moisture to survive harsh ...

As demand for fish products increases and environmental pressures intensify, the promotion of native fish species has emerged ...

Human-harvested shellfish from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History research collections. (Credit: Brittany M. Hance and James D. Tiller, Smithsonian) Photos illustrating this research ...

On a summer day in 2022, a team of researchers from Portland State University made their way upriver from chilly, salty Siletz Bay, near Lincoln City, to the fresher, warmer waters of the Siletz River ...

Recognizing species is important for understanding regional biodiversity and for environmental conservation. However, taxonomic identity is sometimes obscure even with the organisms that are closest ...

In cartoons, when a turtle is spooked, it retreats into and closes up its shell. While used for comic effect, this imagery is based in fact – although not all turtles are capable of this protective ...

The new species was discovered in a semi-evergreen forest in Maharashtra, India, according to researchers. Bhosale, H. S., Patil, S. R., & Pawar, S. S. (2025). Journal of Conchology Scientists in the ...

Researchers rediscover tiny tropical land snails, reclassifying lost species and reshaping the tree of life in Central ...

In cartoons, when a turtle is spooked, it retreats into and closes up its shell. While used for comic effect, this imagery is based in fact — although not all turtles are capable of this protective ...