The toxin, which is called consomatin, is from the geography cone snail. These creatures are a species of predatory sea snail ...

Stromboidea sea snails provide some of the best examples ... from predators during the Mesozoic Era. At this point snail-eating predators were becoming more prominent in shallow, tropical marine ...

Some barnacles are 'morphing' to protect themselves from predatory warm-water sea snails, which are expanding into their territory due to climate change. Research led by the University of ...

However, predators like sea stars and snails have evolved olfactory receptors specifically tuned to detect these compounds, turning the barnacles’ defensive mechanism into a homing beacon.

They’re algae-grazers, not predators, so they must be using their excellent vision ... Bob Abela and MNHN Stromboidea sea snails provide some of the best examples of nature’s different approaches to ...