Cone snails are a group of around 1,000 species of venomous, predatory marine snails that live mostly in shallow, tropical ...

A man shared his close call with a deadly textile cone snail while snorkeling in Egypts Red Sea. Initially unaware of the ...

comes from deadly cone snails; and captopril, the first ACE inhibitor, a class of drugs used to treat high blood pressure, came from Brazilian pit vipers. Mandë Holford, a marine chemical ...

Cone snails are incredibly dangerous ... “Rock pools are full of incredible marine life, but it’s important for kids to look, not touch—some creatures can be harmful, and the safest way ...

Venomous cone snails attack their prey by shooting ... although the “deadly ones are usually found further north”, marine snail expert Richard Lewis previously told Yahoo News.

Learn about our Editorial Policies. These findings inspired Ho Yan Yeung, a postdoctoral researcher in Helena Safavi-Hemami’s group at the University of Utah, to investigate whether cone snails ...