Mollusk news, features and articles
Mollusks make up a massive group of invertebrates that includes snails, clams, octopuses and more, with researchers regularly adding new species — living and extinct. At Live Science, you can find awesome mollusk facts and findings with the latest news, features and articles from our expert writers and editors, including stories about a micro mollusk breaking the record for world's tiniest snail, why a "hat"-wearing ancient slug may explain the mollusk family tree and the discovery of a weird sea mollusk sporting hundreds of armored eyes.
Latest about Mollusks
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Scientists finally sequence the vampire squid's huge genome, revealing secrets of the 'living fossil'
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'Very novel and very puzzling': Unknown species of squid spotted burying itself upside down, pretending to be a plant
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Why is the blue-ringed octopus so deadly?
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Haunting blood-red squid with large hooks drifts through Antarctic ocean's midnight zone in world-first video
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Scaly-foot snail: The armor-plated hermaphrodite with a giant heart that lives near scalding deep-sea volcanoes and never eats
By Mindy Weisberger Published 3 Comments -
Watch elusive New Zealand snail lay an egg through a 'genital pore' in its neck
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Cuttlefish appear to wave at each other in what researchers think could be a form of communication
By Olivia Ferrari Published
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Octopuses
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Why is the blue-ringed octopus so deadly?
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Blue-ringed octopus, one of the most toxic animals on Earth, bites teen after hiding in shell
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Watch ghostly dumbo octopus swim with its massive 'ears' in rare new footage
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See extremely rare photos of alien-looking '7-arm octopus' spotted near Washington coast
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Blue-ringed octopus, one of the most toxic animals on Earth, bites woman multiple times
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How do octopuses change color?
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Scientists capture the world's deepest octopus on video. And it's adorable.
By Yasemin Saplakoglu Published -

Alien Life Might 'Think' More Like an Octopus Than a Human
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Photos: Ghostly dumbo octopus dances in the deep sea
By Christine Lunsford Published
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Squids
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Haunting blood-red squid with large hooks drifts through Antarctic ocean's midnight zone in world-first video
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Elusive colossal squid finally caught on camera 100 years after discovery in world 1st footage — and it's tiny
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Watch extremely rare footage of a bigfin squid 'walking' on long, spindly arms deep in the South Pacific
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Rare video shows elusive deep-sea squid cradling her gigantic, translucent eggs
By Kristel Tjandra Published -

Elusive 'octopus squid' with world's largest biological lights attacks camera in striking new video
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Black-eyed squid dragging thousands of eggs like a cape captured in video off Costa Rica
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Adorable, newfound pygmy squid species named after Japanese forest fairies
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Watch elusive, sucker-less squid in rare footage captured off the Galapagos
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Watch a see-through squid with demon-like eyes swim in Alaska's deep waters
By Harry Baker Published
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More about Mollusks
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Cuttlefish appear to wave at each other in what researchers think could be a form of communication
By Olivia Ferrari Published -

Elusive colossal squid finally caught on camera 100 years after discovery in world 1st footage — and it's tiny
By Jess Thomson Published -

Glowing mystery sea slug that feeds like a Venus fly trap captured in deep sea footage for 1st time
By Melissa Hobson Published
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