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

Partula snails all but vanished from Polynesia after the arrival of a carnivorous foreign snail. But a global alliance of zoos has worked to bring them back.

An invasion of golden mussel making its home in some local water infrastructure was the talk of the Kern County Water Summit on Thursday.

On March 6, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) released a proposed rule that would amend its regulatory definition of shellfish by removing the phrase “having a shell” and expanding the ...

Scientists found worms living inside a glass sponge castle - and that's just one of 38 new species.

Two new worm species were found living inside a real underwater "glass castle." ...

Once abundant in California, the white abalone had all but vanished. Now, thanks to an innovative breeding program, it’s staged a remarkable comeback ...

New species of polychaete worm, found living symbiotically within a potential new species of glass sponge. Naoto Jimi Naoto Jimi - The Nippon Foundation-Nekton Ocean Census/©JAMSTEC A 2025 ocean ...

Freshwater ecosystems across the United States are absorbing the consequences of decades-old decisions to import large non-native species for aquaculture, pest control, and the pet trade. From black ...

Last year marked a historic year in oyster reproduction across Maryland waters. Oyster reproduction was nearly six times above the long-term spatset average and the second highest ever recorded in the ...

The CDC describes rat lungworm as a parasite found in rats, whose larvae are shed in rat feces and then taken up by snails ...

Millions of years ago, some prehistoric otters grew far larger than any species alive today. Fossils of the giant otter ...