Called Shishania aculeata, the new fossil reveals that the earliest molluscs (animals that do not have a backbone) were flat, ...

Archaeological excavations in Ecuador recently revealed the haunting grave of a pregnant woman who was buried 1,200 years ago. The woman was likely between the ages of 17 and 20 and just weeks away ...

Don't let the picture fool you. This is the shell of a miraculous diplomat snail, Plectostoma mirabile, and at only about three millimetres tall it's almost invisible to the naked eye. These molluscs ...

The seas shell museum in Sanibel, Florida, offers visitors beautiful static displays, education, live exhibits, and creative ...

The mollusc collection is one of the largest in the Museum, with more than five million specimens. Our collection contains specimens belonging to the seven shell-bearing molluscan classes from across ...

What is it? Well, many of the manicures feature this ethereal, pearly, opalescent finish, a bit like the mother-of-pearl-insides of a mollusc shell. So there, I’m calling it: shell nails are ...

A conch living in the Florida Keys dubbed the "mollusk meteorologist" emerged from its shell Sunday morning and saw its shadow, agreeing with the groundhog that there will be six more weeks of ...

A conch living underwater in the Florida Keys agreed with groundhog Punxsutawney Phil's prediction of six more weeks of winter.

The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium will host a guided Sunrise Shell and Mollusk Stroll on Feb. 12 at 7 a.m.