A new species of tusk shell, a burrowing marine mollusk, has been discovered in deep, North Atlantic waters by scientists ...

A new species of tusk shell, a burrowing marine mollusc, has been discovered in deep, North Atlantic waters by scientists ...

The organism’s distinctive, glowing presence was observed by multiple deep-sea missions between 2000 to 2021 but was simply referred to as “mystery mollusk.” A team of Monterey Bay Aquarium ...

Nudibranchs, or sea slugs, are soft-bodied marine gastropod mollusks. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute senior scientists Bruce Robison and Steven Haddock first encountered the odd animal ...

The team used state of the art underwater technology to gather extensive information about the mystery mollusc. After ...

Heart cockles have windows in their shells made from natural optical fibers, allowing light through to the algae inside them.

A heart cockle shell has been found to let in light through a design that resembles fiber optic cables. This could inspire everything from helping... What a mollusc shell and fiber optic cables ...