If you go down to the beach for a spot of rock pooling this summer, just be mindful of exactly which species you might come ...

There are between 500 and 600 types of cone snails in the world with 133 living in the Great Barrier Reef, according to Barrier Reef Australia. They are typically brightly coloured, ...

News on cone snail. Date. 6 hours 12 hours 1 day 3 days all. Rank. Last day 1 week 1 month all. ... If there's one thing Australia is famous for it's wanting to kill you. Sharks in the ocean, ...

The most venomous animal in the world isn't what you'd expect. Check him out: This little guy is a cone snail. It has a host of deadly adaptations, including a venomous harpoon, that it uses to ...

THE University of Queensland has discovered that dangerous juvenile cone snails carry a venom that can be used for medical purposes. It can be hard to imagine that deadly venom could have any posit… ...

Scientists in Australia and the United States have unlocked the structure of an insulin that cone snails use to stun their prey. Understanding how this sea snail venom works so quickly may inspire ...

From snakes and spiders to jellyfish and cone snails, Australia has no shortage of venomous animals. As new research published in Science Advances shows, ...

Most cone snail strikes hurt as much as a bee sting. A few can kill you though, like this geography cone, it has the most venomous sting in the world. Here's a tip: Don't go gathering these shells ...

Olivera is the lead scientist at a 25-person lab that studies cone-snail venom. His job is to figure out how it works, and transform it into drugs that could soothe and save human lives.

A team of researchers found that the toxins in a giant Australian tree are similar to the venom of spiders and cone snails. Australia is known for hosting some of the world's most dangerous animal ...

University of Utah researchers have found that the structure of an insulin molecule produced by predatory cone snails may be an improvement over current fast-acting therapeutic insulin. The finding ...