Leal is the Science Director & Curator at the popular Southwest Florida attraction which has a collection of shells that surpasses 600,000. We asked Leal to show us some of the more unique shells ...

The function of many biologically active molecules requires the presence of carbon-nitrogen bonds in strategic positions. The biosynthetic pathways leading to such bonds can be bypassed through ...

The Noble Pen Shell, part of the Pinnidae family, is found in the Mediterranean Sea and is the largest of all pen shells, reaching up to 4 feet in size. This shell is known for its beautiful ...

These crustaceans have been misnamed for two reasons: First, they’re not true crabs, like blue crabs, in that they don’t have a uniformly hard exoskeleton and can’t grow their own shells.

When mollusks and other carbon-rich organisms die, their shells and body parts can accumulate ... iron as well as other important nutrients like nitrogen in their feces. The liquid plume then ...

A gardening expert has shown why you shouldn't throw away egg shells and how you can use them ... for root growth and it is vital for nodulation/nitrogen use, disease resistance, tolerance to ...

No, they withdraw because stocks of their 230-pound shells run low … or run out. In September, at least one of the army’s 2S7s was photographed in the 250-square-mile salient Ukrainian forces ...