Their smooth white shells are prized by collectors who scour beaches for those that have washed ashore, but as these pictures reveal, egg cowrie sea snails true beauty emerges in the ocean. The marine ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. PATTERN NAME IS CALLED SNAIL OR NWA.

An odd distribution pattern of a rare snail has had biologists scratching their heads since at least the 1880s. Over the years they've come up with a variety of possible explanations, suggesting for ...

A rare natural spectacle unfolded along Odisha’s Puri coastline as countless sea snails washed up on the shore, turning the beach into a mesmerising carpet of moving shells. Visitors were left amazed ...

They're neither white and gold or black and blue. But in an optical puzzle akin to The Dress, colourful snails are causing scientists turn to technology to definitively decide whether some snails' ...