"It looks like we have a great haul of new, undiscovered species," researcher Alex Rogers said. "We will be north of 100 new ...

Million-Yr-Old Mollusk Fossils Emo and Punk Prove the Species Was Evolutionarily Rich and Diverse Punk and Emo shook paleontologists worldwide by changing everything they knew about the origin of ...

Mollusks are also important prey for a wide variety of animals, from mammals to birds to snakes to fish, and their sensitivity to environmental pollution makes them excellent indicators of overall ...

Giant clams grow huge by relying on algae for energy. Scientists found genes that help them live with algae and grow big.

New research reveals how resident algae altered the genome of these fabled sea creatures, allowing them to access more ...

What do nine Hawaiian snails have in common with the Texas longhorn, the Florida panther and the California grizzly bear?

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 ...

They said they discovered four species belonging to the genus Phuphania ... Oba, who specializes in bioluminescence, said the mollusks may be mimicking other luminescent creatures that are ...