The mystery mollusk Bathydevius caudactylus observed at a depth of approximately 1,550 meters. It has a wide, paddle-like tail with several finger-like projections called dactyls that may help with ...

A detailed 3D model of Punk and Emo, reconstructed as digital virtual fossils. Credit: Dr Mark Sutton / Imperial College Londo The discovery of two ancient fossils shows early mollusks were more ...

An international team of researchers has discovered two new ancient mollusk species, and both seem to have sported some punky hairstyles back in their day. Fossil-based renderings of the mollusks ...

Mollusks such as sea and land snails have delicate bodies, so they need protection. They create their shells by layering a calcium carbonate secretion that hardens once it leaves their bodies.

These ancient mollusks, discovered in the Silurian Herefordshire Lagerstätte, once thrived in a marine world far removed from today’s tranquil farmlands. The ancient creatures challenge ...

Credit: Imperial College London Molluscs are one of life’s most diverse animal groups. Because of limited information, early Aculiferan mollusks are much less well-known than some of their relatives.

These are not your typical music icons, but a pair of 430 million-year-old fossils that challenge what we know about one of life’s most diverse animal groups – the mollusks. These 430-million-year-old ...

Q. I enjoy learning about bizarre animals like the terrestrial one you recently wrote about called a hammerhead worm. With ...

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Nearly a quarter of freshwater species face extinction due to habitat destruction, pollution, and water overuse.