Pluck them and they’re dead. It’s as simple as that for most of the crusty gastropods that live in the intertidal areas of Southern California and Baja California, such as the prevalent owl limpet.

ABSTRACT: At an intertidal site on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, the abundance of the invasive barnacle Chthamalus proteus was negatively correlated with abundance of the native limpet Siphonaria ...

A comprehensive study on the rhythmicity of limpets -- mobile intertidal molluscs -- employing field and laboratory observations, as well assembling a clock oriented transcriptome -- shows that in the ...

Crashing waves and water temperature along rocky shorelines strongly influence the growth patterns of the yellowfoot limpet (Cellana sandwicensis), or ʻopihi ʻālinalina, an intertidal species endemic ...

The average size of marine snails and limpets along the Southern California coast has declined significantly over the past century and collection by humans appears to be the culprit, according to a ...

There's no tongue on Earth rougher than a limpet's. Covered in hundreds of tiny teeth, it scrapes rock to shreds with every lick, so the limpet can feed on the microorganisms that live there. And it's ...

I recently received an email from a reader describing a shell he found washed up on a wintery beach, something he grew up calling a ‘half deck’ - as in, he clarified, a boat. He had included a photo ...

Tagged limpets avoiding the sun on a south-facing boulder (Photo/Supplied) Dr Spencer Virgin, a post-doctoral fellow at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury, has worked on a thesis ...

A coffee-shop friend of mine recently summed up his appreciation of our local lowland forest just outside Sapporo, saying: "You know, it's wonderful here; every season is the best season." And, you ...