Molluscs, one of the most disparate animal phyla, radiated rapidly during the early Cambrian period (approximately 535–520 million years ago (Ma))2.

New high-resolution images of Australia’s biggest biosecurity threats have been uploaded to a database. Each image highlights ...

New high-resolution images of Australia’s biggest biosecurity threats have been uploaded to a database. Each image highlights ...

The study, led by biologists at Harvard University, found that the slugs build sac-like structures known as kleptosomes out of their own cells in which the chloroplasts are stashed. The kleptosomes ...

Fossil evidence reveals that molluscs may have been among the first animals to spend time out of the water, overturning the popular theory that arthropods were the undisputed early land pioneers. The ...

Smart molluscs – yes, smart molluscs – could watch our waterways 24/7 for pollution. Devin Coldewey. 1:11 PM PST · January 10, 2024. If the clams could speak, what would they say?

Researchers found two 430-million-year-old mollusc fossils named Punk ferox and Emo vorticaudum in Herefordshire, England, revealing that early molluscs were more complex and adaptable than ...

A half-a-billion-year-old spiny slug had shed light on the origins of animals like oysters and octopuses, researchers have said. Researchers including scientists from the University of Oxford have ...

The bivalves can do this despite having relatively soft shells made of calcium carbonate, the same material as limestone. To penetrate rocks such as granite and andesite, which are much harder than ...

The sea has provided what could be an important chemotherapy drug for patients with hard-to-treat cancers. The drug Kahalalide F is a protein produced when molluscs eat the sea slug Elysia rufescens.