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Spanish archaeologists have revived the sound of 6,000-year-old Neolithic shell horns, capable of producing powerful notes ...

A collection of fossil shells from marine snails and clams is challenging a theory that says the world’s deadliest mass extinction was accompanied by severe ocean acidification. Instead of showing ...

A Tunisian history enthusiast is making dye from sea snail shells inspired by a school project decades ago on ancient Carthage and the purple colouring that brought fabulous wealth to the classical ...

The striking purple sea snail (Janthina) found after washing up on a beach in La Jolla, California. (Image: Natural History Museum) A rare purple Janthina sea snail washed up on La Jolla beach, ...

For National Snail Day, museum research fellow Melissa Betters explores the mollusks’ notable nature Melissa Betters A shell from the Cuvier tropid snail, a terrestrial species native to Madagascar, ...

A collection of fossil shells from marine snails and clams is challenging a theory that says the world's deadliest mass extinction was accompanied by severe ocean acidification. The study is the first ...