A snorkeler in Egypt's Red Sea had a near escape after encountering one of the most venomous animals on earth.

A snorkeler had a dangerously close call after picking up a stunning seashell, unaware that it was potentially home to one of ...

predatory marine snails that live mostly in shallow, tropical waters around the globe. Their cone-shaped shells are ...

A tourist who picked up a 'pretty' sea shell in Egypt's Red Sea was left stunned after discovering it was actually a highly ...

A Reddit user has discovered how 'lucky to be alive' they are after sharing an underwater photograph of them holding a shell ...

However, she cannot tell, based on the picture, if it is an empty shell or one with a live snail inside. "Cone snails are very venomous and dangerous to humans," she said. "They should be left ...

A man shared his close call with a deadly textile cone snail while snorkeling in Egypts Red Sea. Initially unaware of the ...

In the hunt for the target of a cone snail toxin, researchers established a new pipeline that can help identify molecular interactions and may assist with drug discovery ROCKVILLE, MD – When ...

An investigation of the cone snail toxin has led to the development of a new method for studying molecular interactions. Researchers led by Izhar Karbat and Eitan Reuvenyat from the Weizmann Institute ...

Learn about our Editorial Policies. These findings inspired Ho Yan Yeung, a postdoctoral researcher in Helena Safavi-Hemami’s group at the University of Utah, to investigate whether cone snails ...

A cone snail toxin known to affect both insects and fish inspired Weizmann Institute scientists to develop a new way of finding molecular targets. By combining artificial intelligence with ...