(CN) — Despite their conventional name and colorful patterned shells, some cone snails are killers. Their venom not only paralyzes and kills their marine prey, but, depending on the species, they can ...

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Snails seem like slow, unassuming animals until you meet the cone snail. This mollusk packs a punch as one of the most predatory and venomous creatures crawling the seafloor. This YouTube video shows ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Post-doctoral researcher Ho Yan Yeung pulls samples of cone snail venom out of a ultra low temp freezer while explaining her ...

As snails go, the cone snail is pretty feisty! This group of marine gastropods has a venomous harpoon that they fling into prey with extraordinary acceleration. Some cone snails have enough venom to ...

It’s known as the geographer cone, the geography cone, or the geographic cone, and it’s the world’s most venomous of the 500 species of cone snails. It’s not only deadly to the fish it consumes; it ...

Researchers have found that variants of this cone snail venom could offer future possibilities for developing new fast-acting drugs to help treat diabetics. The tapered cone shell is popular among ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. After spotting a beautiful shell, Beckylee Rawls didn't think twice ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Side view of alphabet cone snail in shallow ocean water© David Johnson/ via Getty Images The post How a Tiny Snail Fires Venom ...