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

Paleobiologist Geerat Vermeij is enthralled with mollusks. Their shells line the surfaces and fill the cabinets and drawers in his office on the second floor of the Earth and Planetary Sciences ...

It’s not uncommon for newly discovered species to make the news, especially when they are found 5,500 meters underwater. What ...

A new species of chiton — a tiny, armored marine mollusk from a lineage roughly 500 million years old — has been identified ...

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

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

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 ...

Franck Courchamp received funding from The AXA Research Fund. Laís Carneiro received funding from AXA Research Fund. Many of the most damaging invasions do not simply subtract species; they ...

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.

Scientists in South Korea identified Acanthochitona feroxa, a new chiton species long mistaken for a nearly identical mollusk.

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 ...