The snails and other mollusks around hydrothermal vents have evolved to thrive in extreme conditions, but mineral extraction ...

By Emma Farge GENEVA, July 9 (Reuters) - Over half of mollusc species that cluster around underwater vents and hold promising ...

Deep-sea mining threatens over half of molluscs reliant on hydrothermal vents, today’s update of The IUCN Red List of ...

A new species of marine mollusk discovered in the Caribbean has been named after the 40-year-old goalkeeper. Michael Reaves/Getty Images Vozinha was one of the standout performers in this summer’s ...

Scientists are increasingly worried we may be witnessing the start of the “sixth mass extinction” – the first to be caused by ...

The International Union for Conservation ‌of Nature (IUCN) renewed its call for a moratorium on such operations before UN-led ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Prem Bahadur Budha is Nepal’s leading malacologist, having described 18 new-to-science species of mollusks, mostly land snails, from his homeland.

A donation of an extensive and scientifically important shell collection to Queensland Museum has led to the discovery of a new species of mollusk by a museum curator. Amoria thorae, a new species of ...

With names like “knobby rams-horn,” “masked duskysnail” and “Hoko vertigo,” Pacific Northwest mollusks may have an amusing image, but they’re also some of the most intriguing invertebrates in the ...

MORE than half of mollusc species living near underwater hydrothermal vents face extinction risk from deep-sea mining, the ...