With a shell that looks like a full moon, egg cases that look like broken pottery on the seafloor, a unique predatory style and even a feature comparable belly button, the moon snail that frequents La ...

Moon snails lurk beneath the surface of shallow to deep water, burrowing down as much as 7 inches in the sand. Moon snails live in climates ranging all the way from the tropics to the poles. Hawaii is ...

Of the many mysterious things you can find while beachcombing, one of the most difficult to understand is (I think) the egg collar of the moon snail. These beautifully-sculpted ribbons of sand show up ...

Have you ever eaten moon snails? Or neon flying squid? Chances are the answer is no. But some local scientists are hoping ...

The tide is heading out and the sandy stretch of beach and tide pools are exposed. Kéet, my border collie, bounds along beside me. Up the beach, near the short trailhead, my dad sits on a log. I walk ...

Of the many mysterious things you can find while beachcombing, one of the most difficult to understand is (I think) the egg collar of the moon snail. These beautifully-sculpted ribbons of sand show up ...

These days, the digging isn't so good. The clam harvest in far eastern Maine has dropped sharply in recent years, and clam diggers say one big reason is an onslaught of the carnivorous moon snail. The ...