Learn how the Grand Canyon used to be home to an ancient evolutionary competition that has since left behind a plethora of ...

Researchers found two 430-million-year-old mollusc fossils named Punk ferox and Emo vorticaudum in Herefordshire, England, revealing that early molluscs were more complex and adaptable than ...

Interestingly, many of the predators of molluscs, for example sea stars, aren’t fast moving themselves. O’ but if molluscs could acoustically communicate, who would be the prime candidates? Vermeij ...

Molluscs, which also include octopuses, mussels and oysters, are the second-biggest animal group, yet little has been known about their early evolution.

Fossil evidence reveals that molluscs may have been among the first animals to spend time out of the water, overturning the popular theory that arthropods were the undisputed early land pioneers. The ...

It looks like something out of a Salvador Dali dreamscape but this bizarre sea creature, which lived about 500 million years ago, turns out to have been the mother of all squids – indeed it is ...

So without further ado, the 10 reasons why Molluscs are the best. More body size range than any other group. The biggest invertebrate? A mollusc! And it has hooks! Way over 100,000 molluscs! [Insert ...

Smart molluscs – yes, smart molluscs – could watch our waterways 24/7 for pollution. Devin Coldewey. 1:11 PM PST · January 10, 2024. If the clams could speak, what would they say?

I evolved it my way Slimy and often sluggish they may be, but some molluscs deserve credit for their brains – which, it now appears, they managed to evolve independently, four times. The mollusc ...

The bivalves can do this despite having relatively soft shells made of calcium carbonate, the same material as limestone. To penetrate rocks such as granite and andesite, which are much harder than ...

Ian Chapman explores the seldom visited intersections between popular music and molluscs. Mussels, cockles and oysters abound in a selection of music drawn from local and overseas artists that ranges ...