More than half a billion years ago, mystery predators bored into shelled animals' defensive casings. Some of the holey shells ...

Researchers have found that over the last 120 years, the porosity -- or small-scale holes -- in mussel shells along the East Coast of the United States has increased, potentially due to warming ...

New research shows that mussels from several East Coast locations, though not yet Massachusetts, have shells speckled with tiny holes — far more than the mussels of yesteryear.

In the realm of general relativity, black holes are well-known for their ability to trap light and matter by bending spacetime, creating a point of no return. While black holes have fascinated ...

The Brood X cicada emergence starts when the soil temperature reaches 64 degrees. But you could be seeing some early signs in your yard.

Occasionally, homeowners will notice small holes in the trunks of landscape trees. This may not mean impending death to the tree, but it’s not good.

Remnant shells still held their original shape, but were full of holes. Once the blanks were ready, finishers would polish the discs and use a machine to create grooves and drill the holes for thread.

Octopuses drill holes in their prey to get through their defenses. The researchers examined the empty shells of three species of octopus prey: an abalone, a kelp limpet, and a helmet snail.

Early ancestors collected eye-catching shells that radically changed the way we looked at ourselves and others. A new study confirms previous scant evidence and supports a multistep evolutionary ...

Everyone needs a life jacket while boating, tubing, or water skiing, but it’s especially important that little kids wear them ...

What has been leaving empty snail shells in your shed? Probably rats. Subscribers are entitled to 10 gift sharing articles each month. These can be shared with friends and family who are not ...