An international team of researchers led by Hokkaido University has characterized the unique mechanics that enable Arcella, a shelled, single-celled amoeba, to move skillfully across different ...

Many shelled animals, including the humble sea snail, call the ocean their home. But as increased carbon dioxide levels make ocean water more acidic, these creatures will soon find that their home isn ...

Instead of cracking open like a chicken's egg, some dinosaurs may have emerged from soft-shelled eggs, like turtles or snakes. Steph Panecasio was an Editor based in Sydney, Australia. She knows a lot ...

Our Market Intel series on commodity-specific tariff profiles continues with almonds. The European Union imports 41 percent of the world’s shelled almonds and is our largest customer, purchasing $1.5 ...

Given the choice between shell-on and shell-off pistachios at the grocery store, I always choose the former. The already-shelled pistachios seem like an extravagance reserved for investment bankers ...

Growing up as a daughter of parents who came of age during the Great Depression and World War II, I found summer to be much more than trips to the lake and July Fourth celebrations. It was the time to ...

Looking like a deflated football and about the same size, it was discovered in 2011 on Seymour Island, Antarctica, in rocks formed 68 million years ago, late in the Cretaceous Period. Housed at ...