Sea butterflies flit through the ocean on gossamer wings, each species with a style of its own. These tiny marine snails, or thecosomes, migrate up to surface waters at night to feed and sink to ...

Snails usually lumber along on their single fleshy foot; but not sea butterflies (Limacina helicina). These tiny marine molluscs gently flit around their Arctic water homes propelled by fleshy wings ...

Equipped with high-speed, high-resolution video, scientists have discovered important new information on how marine snail larvae swim, a key behavior that determines individual dispersal and ...

Walk the beach or peer into a tidepool anywhere along the northeastern U.S. coast, and you'll find shells stacked on top of one another. They're most likely common Atlantic slipper shells, a species ...

A time-lapse image sequence of a sea butterfly shows different stages of its wing beat. Some ocean-dwelling creatures ended up with common names that seem to belong to another animal entirely: A sea ...

An invasive species of snails known to be deadly to humans and disastrous to marine life has slithered its way into North Carolina. The toxic Apple Snails were discovered last month in multiple ...

Some ocean-dwelling creatures ended up with common names that seem to belong to another animal entirely: A sea cow has neither horns nor an udder. A sea lion lacks a tawny mane. And jellyfish aren't ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Some ocean-dwelling creatures ended up with common names that seem to belong to another animal ...