Recently, Beckylee Rawls and her husband went tidepooling in Okinawa, Japan, where they live While exploring the pools, the project manager noticed something unusual: the top of a beautiful shell.

The golden, helmet-shaped shell of the plowshare tortoise makes it one of nature's most beautiful animals. But that shell is also one of the main reasons the reptile has become one of nature's most ...

She found a “cone snail,” a highly venomous species capable of causing anything from paralysis to death. An urban legend even nicknames this mollusk the “cigarette snail.” According to the legend, if ...

The Geographer Cone Snail, a beautiful but deadly ocean predator, uses a potent neurotoxic venom delivered via a harpoon-like tooth to paralyze prey instantly. While its sting can be fatal to humans, ...

The cone snail delivers a venomous sting capable of paralyzing — or even killing — humans Recently, Beckylee Rawls and her husband went tidepooling in Okinawa, Japan, where they live While exploring ...