An itsy-bitsy mollusk in Borneo is the new record holder for the world's smallest known snail, a new study finds. Its shiny, translucent, white shell has an average height of 0.027 inches (0.7 ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of chiton, an ancient marine mollusk that has remained virtually unchanged for the ...

Some of the most bizarre lifeforms on Earth lurk in the deeper realms of the ocean. There was so little known about one of these creatures that it took 20 years just to figure out what exactly it was.

The golden mussel threatens to disrupt California's surface water delivery system, from the Sacramento San Joaquin River ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The abalone is critically endangered due to overfishing and black market seafood sales. The random find occurred along the ...

Glass may be hard, but it’s all too easy to break, as anyone who’s seen a shattered window knows. But now scientists have discovered that they can make glass 200 times tougher than normal by making it ...

A tiny sea mollusk uses eyes made of a calcium carbonate crystal to spot predators lurking above, researchers say of the first such rocky lenses found in the animal kingdom. While scientists had ...

Durable paving blocks created from recycled shells and mining by-products present a lower-carbon solution for construction, supporting circular economy goals.

Scientists have created a lifelike model of a long-extinct sea creature using a 3-D printer. The oval-shaped mollusk — a type of multiplacophoran called Protobalanus spinicoronatus — crept around on ...

Scientists from Southwest China's Yunnan Province published a significant study in journal Science on Friday, unveiling the origins of Shishania aculeata, a species of mollusk existing 514 million ...

The construction industry is one of the most polluting due to its high contribution to CO2 emissions. In addition to its significant environmental cost, its materials are made from nonrenewable ...