The most sinister-looking shell in the snail world might belong to the hairy triton's trumpet (Cymatium pileare), which resides in a spike- or "hair"-covered shell that juts off into a blunted ...

Now Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) research has shown they avoid areas where the Pacific triton sea snail – also known as the giant triton – is present. The snails, which can ...

The AP's Daniel Niemann: The hunters used specially made ox horns, triton snail shells, glass cylinders, the hollow stems of the giant hogweed, and a number of artificially produced instruments to ...