Picture the common garden snail, peacefully oozing along a branch to find some leaves to nibble on. But it’s a much different picture with some marine snails, like the cone snail. This seemingly ...

A South Florida county was put under quarantine on Tuesday after an infestation of the invasive giant African land snail was identified in the hopes of eradicating the dangerous mollusk, which can ...

With its small shell glinting beneath tropical waters, the Geographer Cone Snail is no ordinary ocean mollusc. Beneath its elegant spiral lies venom potent enough to kill a human. Found across ...

Many people think of snails as harmless, slow-moving creatures—but the marine cone snail doesn’t fit the stereotype. This predator dines on fish, worms and mollusks, using a deadly venom cocktail ...

Four and twenty tailors went to kill a snail . . . Run, tailors, run, or she’ll kill you all e’n now. —Old Nursery Rhyme The sluggish snail has turned out to be far more deadly than the anonymous poet ...