Snails have been hailed as nutritious delicacies, providing early humans with part of their healthy diet for thousands of years. But more recently, the shells left behind by pre-historic snails are providing scientists with ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 5, 2015
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In many animals, males pursue alternative tactics when competing for the fertilization of eggs. Some cichlid fishes from Lake Tanganyika breed in empty snail shells, which may select for extremely divergent mating tactics. ...
Plants & Animals
May 24, 2018
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers affiliated with Lund University in Sweden has found that "bolder" snails from a local pond tended to have stronger, more protective shells than their meeker peers. In their paper published ...
Some snails in Ireland and the Pyrenees are genetically almost identical, perhaps because they were carried across the Atlantic during an 8000-year-old human migration. The snail genetics tie in with studies of human genetics ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 19, 2013
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The oceans are becoming more acidic because of the rapid release of carbon dioxide (CO2) caused by anthropogenic (human) activities, such as burning of fossil fuels. So far, the oceans have taken up around 30% of all anthropogenic ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 4, 2021
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Quantitatively reconstructing temperature changes is vital to understand the history and law of the Earth's climate system.
Earth Sciences
Sep 10, 2021
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Scientists once thought of tool use as a defining feature of humans. That's until examples of tool use came in from other primates, along with birds and an array of other mammals. Now, a report in the December 14th issue ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 14, 2009
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New research from a beach-roaming biomechanics engineer paints a surprisingly industrious picture of limpets—the marine snails that are abundantly plastered on rocks at low tide. His work shows that limpets survive and ...
Other
Jan 19, 2017
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An enzyme that makes the male sex hormones has unravelled a fresh clue about how snail shells come to be curly.
Plants & Animals
Nov 20, 2019
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If you look at a snail's shell, the chances are it will coil to the right. But, occasionally, you might find an unlucky one that twists in the opposite direction—as fans of Jeremy thelefty snail will remember, these snails ...
Plants & Animals
May 14, 2019
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