The snail ambushes its lunch with a surprise sting, and then patiently waits for its venom to do the trick. So far, this hunting method is unique to cone snails of the Asprella clade.

Cone snails aren't glamorous. They don't have svelte waistlines or jaw-dropping good looks. Yet, some of these worm-hunting gastropods are the femme fatales or lady killers of the undersea world ...

Cone snails aren’t glamorous. They don’t have svelte waistlines or jaw-dropping good looks. Yet, some of these worm-hunting gastropods are the femme fatales or lady killers of the undersea world, ...

Cone Snails become hyperactive and “meandered around” Cone snails are expected to find it hard to catch their prey if carbon dixoide levels rise due to climate change, according to a new study ...

Investigations into the ontogenetic shift from worm- to fish-hunting in cone snails have uncovered coordinated changes in morphology, behaviour and venom composition, revealing novel peptides with ...

Conus geographus — the only kind of snail out of 800 to 1000 cone snail species that’s been tied to the deaths of humans — is also one of two species to use what’s called a “net hunting” strategy ...

The images show two species of cone snail, <i>Conus geographus</i> (left) and <i>Conus tulipa</i> (right) attempting to capture their fish prey. As they approach potential prey, the snails release ...

Of the estimated eight groups of fish hunting cone snails, though, only half have been extensively studied. Among the least-studied lineages are the Asprella cone snails.

Cone snails aren't glamorous. They don't have svelte waistlines or jaw-dropping good looks. Yet, some of these worm-hunting gastropods are the femme fatales or lady killers of the undersea world ...