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Freshwater Snails: Helpful Carriers of Harmful Parasites
But there are snails that live in the water, too, including marine snails in the tropical oceans and freshwater snails found ...
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Scientists develop tiny, snail-inspired robot to help tackle unseen problems in our waterways — here's how it works
The hope is this method will provide an efficient and sustainable way to clean water across Earth. Scientists develop tiny, ...
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Marine herbivores chomp eelgrass, making it susceptible to wasting
Cornell University marine ecologists and computer scientists have shown that grazing by sea snails and other marine herbivores has a big impact on the scale of seagrass wasting disease — contributing ...
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Evolution in real time: Scientists predict—and witness—evolution in a 30-year marine snail experiment
Snails on a tiny rocky islet evolved before scientists' eyes. The marine snails were reintroduced after a toxic algal bloom wiped them out from the skerry. While the researchers intentionally ...
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Big-eyed conch snails use vision to jump away from predators
These marine snails combine exceptional vision ... stalked eyes can peer in all directions and help these snails detect predators in their tropical shallow-water habitats. A new study, led by Dr ...
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Ocean acidification taking toll of Antarctica marine snails, shows BAS research
Marine snails – pteropods — live in this top layer of the ocean. The corrosive properties of the water caused shells of live animals to be severely dissolved and this demonstrates how ...