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

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Scientists have been closely monitoring a map turtle population after 10 percent died in 2022. They found a surprising ...

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Invasive apple snails continue to spread in San Antonio’s River Walk. Officials are testing new barrier systems to curb reproduction.

The slender relatives of hawks and eagles have had a bad-news, good-news, bad-news existence since 1967, when the bird landed ...

Picture a place where wild horses roam free, untouched beaches stretch endlessly, and the only sounds come from crashing ...

The air temperature was in the mid-twenties and a snowstorm predicted to dump six to eight inches was heading toward Long Island, to arrive in the early evening. Given this, I thought what a fine time ...

Deep in the Indian Ocean, scientists have discovered a snail whose feet are covered in iron scales, making it look virtually indestructible. But how it builds these scales is still a bit mysterious to ...

The black abalone mollusk (Haliotis cracherodii) is a delicacy in many regions of the world, with fancy restaurant diners ...