Post-doctoral researcher Ho Yan Yeung pulls samples of cone snail venom out of a ultra low temp freezer while explaining her research inside of a lab in the Emma Eccles Jones Medical Research Building ...

(CN) — Despite their conventional name and colorful patterned shells, some cone snails are killers. Their venom not only paralyzes and kills their marine prey, but, depending on the species, they can ...

Adult Conus magus cone snail eating fish. Credit: Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland University of Queensland researchers have reared deadly cone snails in a laboratory ...

One of the world's most venomous creatures could be a new source of inspiration for drugs to treat diseases affecting hundreds of millions of people, a new study suggests. Led by researchers from the ...

Cone snails may appear small and harmless, but some species possess an extremely potent venom used to immobilise prey. Found ...

Cone snails are marine gastropods whose venoms comprise a complex array of bioactive peptides, collectively known as conopeptides, with conotoxins representing a major disulphide‐rich subset. These ...

Snails seem like slow, unassuming animals until you meet the cone snail. This mollusk packs a punch as one of the most predatory and venomous creatures crawling the seafloor. This YouTube video shows ...

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University of Queensland researchers have reared deadly cone snails in a laboratory aquarium for the first time, uncovering a potential treasure trove of new venoms for drug development. Professor ...

Ho Yan Yeung, PhD, first author on the study (left) and Thomas Koch, PhD, also an author on the study (right) examine a freshly-collected batch of cone snails. Image credit: Safavi Lab. Scientists are ...

It’s known as the geographer cone, the geography cone, or the geographic cone, and it’s the world’s most venomous of the 500 species of cone snails. It’s not only deadly to the fish it consumes; it ...