Before they become sandy souvenirs, the baubles in the bubbles of the shoreline serve as a veritable fortress for creatures ...
Most people have collected shells at the beach. Some have even started a shell collection. But few people realise these shells are a unique genetic resource that scientists are only beginning to tap ...
Current global climatic warming is having, and will continue to have, widespread consequences for human history, in the same way that environmental fluctuations had significant consequences for human ...
The next time you stroll along a white tropical beach, remember that the sand beneath your feet may have a far more complex ...
In 59 B.C.E. Julius Caesar, future dictator of Rome, gifted his favorite mistress Servilia a black pearl earring of such size and luster that it was chronicled by many Roman writers of the day. Caesar ...
What can we learn about economics, war or politics from a mollusk shell? Quite a lot, according to Geerat Vermeij. The UC Davis evolutionary biologist studies mollusk shells, and he uses what he ...
In what may sound like an idea out of the Swiss Family Robinson a team of scientists at McGill University in Canada has developed a new type of “unbreakable” glass that mimics the material inside of ...
From kids walking on the beach to major museums, the amazing diversity of conch shells have captivated the eyes of collectors. And with more than 50,000 estimated living species bearing a shell, ...
Most people have collected shells at the beach. Some have even started a shell collection. But few people realise these shells are a unique genetic resource that scientists are only beginning to tap ...
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