A complete Cretaceous shellfish fossil. (University of Portsmouth) Nature has imbued its mothers with many surprisingly strange ways to reproduce and care for their babies. Some moms, like crocodiles ...

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GENEVA, July 9 (Reuters) - Over half of mollusc species that cluster around underwater vents and hold promising potential for medicine and technology are at risk of going extinct due to deep-sea ...

An international study led by researchers from the University of Tartu shows that approximately 470 million years ago, a ...

The snails and other mollusks around hydrothermal vents have evolved to thrive in extreme conditions, but mineral extraction could drive more than half to extinction. By Catrin Einhorn See more of our ...

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MORE than half of mollusc species living near underwater hydrothermal vents face extinction risk from deep-sea mining, the International Union for Conservation of Nature warned on Thursday. According ...

Over half of mollusc species that cluster around underwater vents and hold promising potential for medicine and technology are at risk of going extinct due to deep-sea mining, the world's largest ...