The rocks beneath our feet are leaving a hidden signature in the shells of marine snails along Australia's ancient coastline, according to new research led by Adelaide University scientists. A study ...

Researchers at Australian universities report that oxygen and carbon isotope ratios locked inside abalone shells can help classify and verify the animals’ geographic origin, achieving better than 80% ...

Jewelers may prize abalone shells for their mother-of-pearl, but scientists have long been equally enchanted by the shell’s strength. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have used a ...

White abalone belong to a group of algae-eating marine snails that were once common in California. They once numbered in the millions off the California coast, but now they are endangered. Before the ...

Rolls-Royce needed more than nine months to craft the elements using the abalone shell alone, but the Rolls-Royce Phantom Hummingbird turned out spectacular, nevertheless. But first, what is an ...

Engineering researchers at the University of California, San Diego are using the shell of a seaweed-eating snail as a guide in the development of a new generation of bullet-stopping armor. The ...