SAN DIEGO — San Diego beachgoers are getting a rare and colorful treat. Stunning violet sea snails have recently made a surprise appearance along La Jolla Shores, riding in on a warm ocean current.

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Oceanographer Anya Stajner was recently enjoying a sunset walk along the La Jolla Shores beach when a vibrant violet pop of color caught her eye in the sand. She got down on her hands and knees and ...

Bea Ramiro began to study the sea snail species Conus rolani more or less by chance. Together with two fishermen she was collecting material in the waters off the Philippine island of Cebu in 2018. At ...

Toxin from one of the most venomous animals on the planet -- a deadly sea snail -- could help researchers figure out new ways to treat diabetes and other hormone disorders, a new study suggests. A ...

Scientists discovered a mysterious new species of sea snail in the Florida Reef, and named it as a tribute to Jimmy Buffet's famous song "Margaritaville." The biologist who first spotted the tiny ...

Along parts of the Western Australian coast, large shells sometimes lie half buried in tidal mud. They belong to Syrinx aruanus, known as the Australian trumpet and regarded as the largest living sea ...