Scientists from McGill University have developed a new type of glass inspired by the inner layer of mollusk shell. When the glass they have developed suffers an impact, rather than shattering like ...

Glass is one of the most useful materials in our modern world, but being prone to cracking or shattering is a major downside. Scientists at McGill University have developed a new type of glass ...

Mollusks, from land snails and slugs to oysters and mussels in the sea, have a few things in common. They have a head. They have a soft middle part that holds their organs. Then, some have a muscle ...

When I say I am a malacologist, I often am asked if that is a bad ecologist. No, I study the animal group Mollusca, which includes slugs, snails, sea slugs, clams, tusk shells, chitons (“coat of mail” ...