“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” said Juliet Capulet in William Shakespeare’s famous play. And the same is presumably true for mollusks, albeit with different odors. When you think ...

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet," said Juliet Capulet in William Shakespeare's famous play. And the same is presumably true for mollusks, albeit with different odors. When you think ...

It’s hard to describe people who are undeniably connected to the land—often, it’s about a feeling they transmit. Grounded, knowledgeable about their work, and passionate in their care for nature’s ...

Mollusks have produced many evolutionary innovations since they first appeared 540 million years ago, including spiral shells and a toothed tongue. A new study shows that about half of these ...

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Mollusks are a highly diverse phylum (Mollusca) of invertebrate animals that constitute a major topic in zoology and evolutionary biology, encompassing classes such as Gastropoda, Bivalvia, and ...

They live in the water and sometimes make an appearance on your dinner plate. Meet clams and mussels, two of the most commonly known types of bivalve mollusks on Earth. To the untrained eye, they may ...

Visitors and locals flock to La Jolla’s beaches in the summer, but another group of beach-goers also is making its way to the shore by the thousands. This month is a good time for those who walk La ...

Every animal on Earth belongs to one of about 35 groups called phyla. In biology, a phylum (plural: phyla) is a taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class. The NIWA Invertebrate Collection holds ...

A sea hare is a type of opisthobranch or sea slug in the phylum Mollusca, with soft bodies, a reduced internal shell and two tall rhinophores coming out of their heads that resemble the ears of a hare ...