Well, it's been a while since I did this column! I recently got back from New Orleans, AKA "foodie heaven." It's the best...

I apologize in advance for the video I am about to show you: Yes, snails can actually be interesting to watch. I had the pleasure of s...

OK, I've been bad. It would be downright cruel to you all if I didn't do something relating to the apocalypse. December 21st, 2012 ...

Hoo boy, it's been a weird week. Molluscs are strange creatures in general, and picking out exceptionally strange or obscure ones makes...

You knewJapan was going to make it on here. Somehow, somewhere, the oceans around Japan, AKA the Weirdness Archipelago, would turn up a mol...

As this clip demonstrates, some things in nature are more filmable than others. Guess what? We have to cover at least one boring mollusc ...

There are so many ways that people eat molluscs. Many of them are delicious; molluscs have only mild flavor on their own, so any cream, but...

In the interests of givig xhitons and their squishy brethren their due, this blog proudly presents Mollusc Week! Yes, molluscs are weird, w...

Some people really like the idea of techno-organic lifeforms. I don't just mean cyborgs - I mean, theoretically, lifeforms that are mec...

Picking up shells on the beach is fun. You aren't supposed to do it, but it's fun anyways. Often, one gets so preoccupied in the sh...

Not enough good things can be said about sea slugs. Really, our land slugs might not be that pretty (and even then, there are a few excepti...

Normally, there is nothing remotely threatening about snails. Sure, they're slimy and have weird little antennae, but it's not like ...

The deepsea abyss is full of things that you thought only existed in nightmares. There are things with diminished eyes, huge jaws, tentacles...

We try not to turn this blog into a parade of dick jokes. That's what most of the internet is for. However, there are some times when we...

Nature is full of awesome mimicry. We've already covered the pseudo-poisonous coloration of the king snake family. Viceroy butterflies a...

Humans really are omnivores. Pica (i.e. eating random stuff) aside, there is almost nothing that our stomachs cannot handle. Numerous zoo e...

OH MY GOD A COLOSSAL SQUID! It's a squid and it's colossal! The Colossal Squid ( Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) is one of the ra...

This blog has been updating at a snail's pace lately. May as well do a snail. If you are familiar at all with Japanese monsters, you...

Did you know that you can get cold sores from stress? Well, you can, and I have two now. Enjoy this lava lamp in sea slug form while I colla...

Bivalves are cool. They make pearls. They look good and they taste good (well, to some people). Their shells are darn awesome, but not quite...