In hydrothermal vent fields, a small snail evolved an iron-reinforced shell. Here’s how it challenges assumptions about ...

The mystery of the volcano-dwelling snail and its iron shell has been unravelled by scientists after its genome was decoded for the first time. The scaly-foot snail survives in what researchers have ...

The iron-plated shell of a deep water snail could inspire a new class of life-saving armor for soldiers, according to new research published in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National ...

08:06, Fri, Jun 9, 2023 Updated: 09:48, Fri, Jun 9, 2023 It has always been a mystery why the scaly-foot snail can live in “impossible living conditions” but thanks to scientists at the Hong Kong ...