Holy malacological mayhem, Batman! We’ve got a lot of molluscs on our hands with this website. The site’s author, Robert Nordsieck, has a passion for snails—and it shows! Inspired by his early snail ...

Why don’t animal’s use wheels in locomotion? Why aren’t blue whales bigger? Why are there no freshwater starfish? Why are there no tree dwelling cephalopods? Why can’t my dog make a decent cocktail?

Scientists have turned to an unusual mentor to learn how to better design the next generation of armor: marine mollusks. While humans have done a pretty good job historically of designing strong armor ...

With over 100,000 described extant species in eight major lineages, Mollusca is the second most speciose animal phylum 6. Many molluscs are economically important as food and producers of pearls and ...

University of Manchester provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Reconstruction of a 390 million year-old multiplacaphoran … easy when you know how. Jakob Vinther/University of Texas at ...