They are found along reefs in the Pacific and Indo-Pacific, where the snails stun and eat small fish. The team measured how the cone snail’s consomatin interacts with somatostatin’s targets in ...

Climate change, which affects cyclone intensity and sea temperature, together with ocean acidification which affects ...

Deadly sea snail poison could be key to making better drugs to treat diabetes, according to a new study. The toxin from one ...

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 ...

Hai said Vietnam has abundant seafood resources from its large sea, long sea banks ... with garlic and butter or eating it with tamarind sauce. “Specialties cooked with snails have helped ...

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

A mangrove walk with the Kuku Yalanji people of tropical Queensland brings alive the connected ecology of the Daintree ...

20, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Toxin from one of the most venomous animals on the planet – a deadly sea snail – could help researchers figure out new ways to treat diabetes and other hormone ...

"Snails eat paper because most contains cellulose from the wood pulp which they can digest and use for energy, and they also get calcium from paper and that's what they need to build their shells ...

Royal Mail bosses have been forced to close a country postbox after discovering snails have been crawling inside – and eating the mail. The creatures have put a whole new spin on the term ...