A collection of fossil shells from marine snails and clams is challenging a theory that says the world's deadliest mass extinction was accompanied by severe ocean acidification. The study is the first ...

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A 250-million-year-old fossil of a marine snail shell in pristine condition. The shell was one of the thousands examined in the study. Scale bar = 100 µm Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

Snail shells are often colourful and strikingly patterned. This is due to pigments that are produced in special cells of the snail and stored in the shell in varying concentrations. Fossil shells, on ...

International researchers say they discovered a new species of snail in a piece of amber that is around 99 million years old. A study published in the peer-reviewed journal Cretaceous Research ...

A popular museum is under growing pressure to cut ties with fossil giant Shell after being accused of misleading children about the climate crisis. An investigation by climate advocacy group Comms ...