While not harmful to humans, the moon snail is a predator that uses slow and methodical processes to consume clams and other snails.

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British waters host some remarkably ancient creatures that have been swimming through our seas for decades or even centuries.

A completely new order of marine sponges has been found by researchers at the Museum of Evolution, Uppsala University. The sponge order, named Vilesida, produces substances that could be used in drug ...

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WITHIN the last few years, and as a direct result of the famous Expedition of the Challenger, three most important monographs of the sponges belonging to the groups of the Hexactinellida, Monaxonida, ...

This story appears in the March 2020 issue of National Geographic magazine. Studying elusive fish that dwell in dark mud chambers is no easy feat. Thus the science of the many species of mudskippers ...

Whereas most prokaryotes rely on binary fission for propagation, many species use alternative mechanisms, which include multiple offspring formation and budding, to reproduce. In some bacterial ...

Oct. 19, 2025 Groundbreaking research shows that as men age, harmful genetic mutations in sperm become more common—not just from random chance, but because some are naturally favored. Advanced ...