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 ...

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

Beach visitors are being warned not to touch or pick up a particular type of shell known as the cone snail, as its venom is powerful enough to cause instant paralysis and, in severe cases, even death.

Cone snail-inspired insulin, ... Funding for the study was provided by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, the National Institutes of Health, ...

Be forewarned that the six-inch-long snail’s table manners will be indelibly etched onto your mind’s eye upon watching this. And just because we love you, here are several other specimens of ...

It wasn’t until after the outing that Rawls identified the creature as the cone snail—a predatory gastropod mollusk with enough venom to kill up to 700 people.. @beckyleeinoki/TikTok ...

In cone snail venom, consomatin’s specific and long-lasting effects help the animal hunt its prey, but it could also lead to the development of better drugs for sometimes fatal diseases–if we ...

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 ...

Cone snail venom houses pheromone-mimicking molecules that might be used by the snails to lure worms from hiding, making an easier meal. The venom’s specificity of action has attracted drug ...

In addition to insulins, geography cone snails, deadly fish hunters, use a selective somatostatin receptor 2 agonist that blocks the release of the insulin-counteracting hormone glucagon, thereby ...