Picture the common garden snail, peacefully oozing along a branch to find some leaves to nibble on. But it’s a much different picture with some marine snails, like the cone snail. This seemingly ...

Even among a group of animals as weird as snails that hunt with venomous teeth they can launch like harpoons, the geography cone snail (Conus geographus), above, is a bit of a freak. Cone snails are a ...

POTSDAM, N.Y. -- Jon-Paul Bingham puts his life on the line every week for the sake of science. One wrong move, and he could become the hapless victim of a snail attack that could kill him. Bingham, a ...

The connection between snails and diabetes may not be obvious, but the venom produced by predatory marine snails is giving University of Utah researchers new insights into the structure and function ...

Scientists have discovered thousands of toxins hidden deep within the venom of a sea cone snail in Queensland, which may help develop new drugs to treat pain, cancer and other diseases. Melbourne, Jul ...