Thousands of people here in Hawai‘i and around the world wear this shell around their neck, but few people have ever seen a live textile cone shell. The famous puka shells are made by the large surf ...

Researchers have found that variants of this cone snail venom could offer future possibilities for developing new fast-acting drugs to help treat diabetics. The tapered cone shell is popular among ...

The textile cone snail is a beautiful but dangerous creature. Its venom can paralyze or even kill. Scientists are studying the venom's unique toxins. These toxins may lead to new painkillers and ...

Beach visitors are being warned not to touch or pick up a particular type of shell known as the cone snail, as its venom is powerful enough to cause instant paralysis and, in severe cases, even death.

Foundation research and education committee chair, Professor John McBride, said grants ranged from a focus on diabetes to rheumatic heart disease and extracting molecules from bush foods. “Our aim ...

SpaceX has improved the boat that will catch Falcon rocket nose cone shell. SpaceX made the catching net four times larger. The nose cone shells are called payload fairings. Once outside the ...

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