A new study by researchers from Durham University and Yunnan University reveals that penis worms (Priapulida) invented the 'hermit' lifestyle, some 500 million years ago, at the rise of the earliest animal ecosystems in the ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 8, 2021
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Land snails are usually preserved as fossilized snail shells or imprints, while preservation of their soft bodies is a rarity. "Our new amber find is truly remarkable for this reason as well," explains Dr. Adrienne Jochum ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Jun 8, 2021
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Almost 80 years after its discovery, a large shell from the ornate Marsoulas Cave in the Pyrenees has been studied by a multidisciplinary team from the CNRS, the Muséum de Toulouse, the Université Toulouse—Jean Jaurès ...
Archaeology
Feb 10, 2021
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In the world's oceans, billions of tiny marine snails (a form of plankton) commute daily between surface waters, where they feed at night, to depths of several hundred meters during the day to rest while avoiding predators. ...
Soft Matter
Sep 7, 2020
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Scientists have described a new native Hawaiian land snail species, sounding a rare, hopeful note in a story rife with extinction.
Plants & Animals
Jul 23, 2020
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New UCLA research indicates that an evolutionary phenomenon never before observed among marine life could help explain why there is such immense biodiversity in the world's coral reefs and the ocean beyond.
Ecology
Jul 9, 2020
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A global campaign to help find a mate for a left-coiling snail called 'Jeremy' has enabled scientists to understand how mirror-image garden snails are formed.
Plants & Animals
Jun 2, 2020
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New evidence gleaned from Antarctic seashells confirms that Earth was already unstable before the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs.
Earth Sciences
Dec 11, 2019
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With the use of ultra-high-speed videography, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Associate Professor Emanuel Azizi and colleagues from Occidental College Los Angeles have shed light on the hunting mechanism of the cone snail ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 30, 2019
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A change is as good as a rest when it comes to remembering more, according to new research by neuroscientists at the University of Sussex.
Plants & Animals
Jun 26, 2019
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