Toxin from one of the most venomous animals on the planet -- a deadly sea snail -- could help researchers figure out new ways ...

Freshwater ecosystems in Canada and around the world are under siege. Lakes, rivers, ponds and wetlands face many ...

If you’ve been seeing people talking about an immortal snail on your FYP, you haven’t missed something major in the pop culture zeitgeist. Rather, you need to catch up on pop psychology.

Led by researchers from the University of Utah, scientists have discovered a component within the venom of a sea snail that mimics a key human hormone involved in regulating blood sugar and ...

Ho Yan Yeung, PhD, first author on the study (left) and Thomas Koch, PhD, also an author on the study (right) examine a freshly-collected batch of cone snails. Image credit: Safavi Lab.

Town hall bosses suspect a businessman has set up a 'tactical' snail farm in a city centre office block as part of a bizarre scam to avoid paying tax. Around 30 snails are allegedly being kept ...

Researchers discovered a hormone-like toxin in cone snail venom that mimics human somatostatin, regulating blood sugar and hormone levels with greater stability and specificity. The toxin could serve ...

The toxin in snails called consomatin is similar to somatostatin in humans, a peptide hormone that regulates blood sugar. In cone snail venom, consomatin’s specific and long-lasting effects help ...

A multinational research team led by University of Utah scientists identified a component of the venom produced by a deadly marine cone snail, the geography cone (Conus geographus), which mimics ...

Please verify your email address. Among the many Deviants in Once Human, the Atomic Snail is one of the rarest and hardest to find. Players won't be able to see it floating around in a bubble in ...

Grace collects snails, among many other things. In fact, Grace is a bit of a hoarder, and tells us how she got there, from her childhood through a disastrous marriage. She was attached to her ...

The snail mucin in COSRX’s cream is actually derived from snails — specifically, the common garden snail Cryptomphalus aspersa — and the essence addresses dryness, uneven texture ...