Each purple storm snail that washes ashore carries a story of remarkable survival at the ocean’s surface, Jace Tunnell writes ...

Beaches often gift us treasures like seashells or sea creatures, but sometimes, certain rare and unique creatures wash up on ...

A rare purple sea snail (Janthina) washes ashore in San Deigo. Scientists reveal its floating bubble-raft lifestyle, striking violet colour and how ocean currents unexpectedly carried it to the beach.

Beachgoers in San Diego may have spotted some glistening, purple shells reminiscent of small gemstones in the sand recently.

close up of a new species of yellow snail found in the Florida Keys Researchers have discovered a new species of bright-yellow "margarita" snail hiding in plain sight on a coral reef in the Florida ...

Citizens of Argentina’s capital city, Buenos Aires, were recently treated to an alien sight along its beach shore: a blanket of thousands of pearly orbs strewn about the sand. The orbs, it turns out, ...

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An expert said that this discovery 'rewrites the playbook for Arctic deep-sea ecosystems and carbon cycling.' ...

A collection of fossil shells from marine snails and clams is challenging a theory that says the world's deadliest mass extinction was accompanied by severe ocean acidification. The study is the first ...

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A Tunisian history enthusiast is making dye from sea snail shells inspired by a school project decades ago on ancient Carthage and the purple colouring that brought fabulous wealth to the classical ...