New research shows that the earliest sponges were soft bodied and lacked skeletons, explaining why their oldest fossils are ...

Researchers have uncovered something extraordinary: starfish don't have five arms. They are, genetically, one massive, ...

The scientists examined the lineages of two groups of bivalves—marine invertebrates that include clams, oysters, mussels, and ...

Shell warned that a weak oil-trading performance would weigh on its earnings, compounding what is shaping up to be a challenging period as prices continue to slide. The London-based energy company ...

Shell PLC discovered more oil on the United States side of the Gulf of America in the Norphlet play, license partner INEOS Group Ltd said Monday. Nashville "marks INEOS' first successful exploration ...

Meg O’Neill’s appointment as BP CEO marks a historic first for Big Oil, making her the first woman to lead a supermajor when she takes over in April 2026. Her arrival has reignited speculation of a BP ...

The Parapaguridae comprises hermit crabs found in deep waters ranging from 100 meters to over 4000 meters, with a cosmopolitan distribution (Schembri and McLay, 1983; Lemaitre, 2004; Cardoso and ...

We need to protect beauty. We need to display the shells we love. Shells help us feel like millionaires, writes Christopher de Vinck. iStock / Getty Images John Moffitt was a friend of mine. He was ...

Move over, Gary the Snail. There's a new gastropod in town, and its name is Anauchen picasso. The newly named snail belongs to the Anauchen microsnail subspecies, which are defined by their shells' ...

For years, the Coleman family's fishing trips on the Alabama Gulf Coast were routine. But in 2021, their outing near a riverbank led to an odd find: the shell of a 32-million-year-old leatherback sea ...

A paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution finds that the relatively high rate of autism-spectrum disorders in humans is likely due to how humans evolved in the past. The paper is titled "A general ...

How did tank shells evolve to meet the challenges of armored warfare? This Q&A explores the development of ammunition from simple high-explosive rounds to armor-piercing, sabot, and shaped-charge ...