Oct. 15 (UPI) --Rising acidity levels in the world's oceans are disrupting the shell-making abilities of the marine gastropods. According to a new study, the shells of triton shell sea snails are ...

Shelled marine creatures living in increasingly acidified oceans face a fight for survival as the impacts of climate change spread, a new study suggests. Shelled marine creatures living in ...

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As human activities have increased the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in Earth's atmosphere, the world's oceans have absorbed nearly 30% of this excess CO2. When CO2 enters seawater, it undergoes a ...

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The striking purple sea snail (Janthina) found after washing up on a beach in La Jolla, California. (Image: Natural History Museum) A rare purple Janthina sea snail washed up on La Jolla beach, ...

Meet the sea butterfly. Unlike most species of zooplankton that occupy the all-important base of the marine food web, this sea snail earned its nickname by behaving more like an insect, fluttering its ...