Post-doctoral researcher Ho Yan Yeung pulls samples of cone snail venom out of a ultra low temp freezer while explaining her research inside of a lab in the Emma Eccles Jones Medical Research Building ...

Forget slow and steady. For the cone snail, it’s fast-acting chemistry that wins the race. Researchers have now shed light on the structure of a speedy insulin that cone snails use to paralyze prey.

If you think all snails are cute, harmless creatures, you haven’t met the cone snail. The sea dweller lives underwater and preys on fish, worms, and other gastropod mollusks. Snails don’t have claws, ...

There are two things life can’t get enough of: mating and eating. In a perfect, yet twisted, display of that fact, a team of scientists says it’s discovered that the imperial cone snail uses fake ...

But a recent study from the University of New Hampshire found these deadly cone snails could lead to promising new treatments for diabetes. Cone snails use their venom to immobilize and kill their ...

The cone snail has been recognized as a natural born killer. While it moves incredibly slowly, it doesn’t have to rush. It’s able to secrete toxic venom that totally incapacitates its victim. The ...

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 human ...

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 shows ...

Venom that snails use to paralyze their prey before gobbling them up could inspire a new drug for diabetes. The venom that sea-dwelling cone snails squirt is an ultrafast-acting version of the hormone ...

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Some cone snails use a previously undetected set of small molecules that mimic the effects of worm pheromones to drive marine worms into a sexual frenzy, making it easier to lure them out of their ...