"I'm grateful for whatever reason the snail did not sting me and to have this second chance," Beckylee Rawls told Newsweek ...

Cone snail venom can cause a range of neuromuscular symptoms. Intense pain, weakness, sweating, numbness, and tingling are usually the first symptoms of a cone snail sting.

Hypoglycemia is a condition in which your blood sugar level is lower than the standard range. "We think the cone snail developed this highly selective toxin to work together with the insulin-like ...

In a world first, researchers have reared cone snails in a laboratory aquarium, which presents huge potential for understanding and unlocking the power of their complex venom for a vast range of ...

Olivera is the lead scientist at a 25-person lab that studies cone-snail venom. His job is to figure out how it works, and transform it into drugs that could soothe and save human lives.

Cone snails are for life, not just at Christmas Date: December 23, 2013 ... (42) in the Eastern Atlantic, where there is an extraordinary concentration of range-restricted species.

Deadly venom produced by cone snails has occasionally killed humans, ... "This project brings together some of the U.K.'s leading researchers across a wide range of disciplines to learn about how ...

When cone snails sink their harpoon-like teeth into their prey, they inject paralyzing venoms made from a potent mix of more than 100 different neurotoxins known as conotoxins.

More information: Developmental modularity and phenotypic novelty within a biphasic life cycle: morphogenesis of a cone snail venom gland, Proc. R. Soc. B, Published online before print May 18 ...

Cone snails, part of the Conidae family, are a type of predatory gastropod mollusk that live inside spiral shells. They range in size, reaching up to around 11 inches in length, ...

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 ...