Cone snails are normally stealthy hunters ... the effects of ocean acidification on the behavior of both invertebrate predators and their prey, Watson says.

Dr. Suzanne Williams, who supervised Alison's Ph.D., suggests that the combination of excellent vision and agility allows ...

conch snails possess a large foot that allows them to jump across the seabed. Their superb eyesight and agility help them ...

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, ...

he has monitored the evolution of two common species of sea snails living off Maine's coast, tracking how they have responded to changes in that environment and the resulting influx of predators.

Using freshwater snails and their predators (e.g., crayfish, fish, insects) as a model system, the Hoverman Lab addresses the ecology and evolution of predator-prey interactions (i.e. inducible ...

Ho Yan Yeung, PhD, first author on the study (left) and Thomas Koch, PhD, also an author on the study (right) examine a freshly-collected batch of cone snails. Image credit: Safavi Lab.