An unusual sea slug with a large hood, a tail with fingerlike projections and glowing bioluminescence has been found living ...

According to leading scientists and experts, Earth is entering its 6th Mass Extinction Event — and it’s our fault. Humans ...

The newly described species of sea slug dwells in darkness in the ocean’s midnight zone, using a hood to capture prey with a Venus flytrap-like technique Sarah Kuta During a release of captive ...

A study reveals overharvesting has caused dramatic declines in Colombia’s piangua shellfish populations, reducing genetic ...

With names like “knobby rams-horn,” “masked duskysnail” and “Hoko vertigo,” Pacific Northwest mollusks may have an amusing image, but they’re also some of the most intriguing invertebrates in the ...

Clams and oysters are some of the most nutrient-rich animals on the planet, just behind small fish like sardines and anchovies.

Because filter-feeding bivalves and mollusks take all their nutrients from filtering seawater, they are an excellent choice for a sustainable form of aquaculture that is helping to take pressure ...

You bet there is. Shellfish — specifically, bivalves like clams, oysters, mussels and scallops — are nutrition-packed and an ...

In a delightful piece of information that has so far escaped our attention; a small team of mollusks are used to monitor the water in Warsaw, Poland. Monitoring the water for pollutants is of ...

Nudibranchs, or sea slugs, are soft-bodied marine gastropod mollusks.Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute senior scientists Bruce Robison and Steven Haddock first encountered the odd animal in ...