Blathers' Blabber: They are related to spiral shells. Also, they have lids that cover the openings of their shells. When they walk, they remove the lid and move in the shell by shuffling their feet, ...

Animal Crossing New Horizons has a ton of new fish, bugs, and sea creatures to catch now that it’s September and autumn is upon us. If you’re on the lookout for a particular sea creature, here’s how ...

SUSAN SCOTT PHOTO A great green turban snail operculum closes tight on a Tahiti reef. The snail is the great green turban, or Turbo marmoratus, a nocturnal algae-grazer native to the Indian and ...

Black turban snails are small marine snails that make tasty prey for crabs. Failed crab attacks leave scars on a snail’s shell. By analyzing the rate of scarring and the size of the snail when it was ...

This image provided by fisherman Teruaki Ogawa shows juvenile abalone on the side of their tank, as if to escape from the seawater, at Daio Shubyo Center in Shima, Mie Prefecture, on Dec. 21, 2023.

Hand-dived abalone, turban shell and sea urchin. WHO Ryan Morris is a second-generation abalone diver based in Sydney. After many years supplying a processor, which sold his products overseas, he ...