Violet snails shells are left behind by animals that survive by eating Portuguese men-of-war. I’ve often found violet snail shells on Hawaii’s windward beaches, and could fit about 10 in my palm. Here ...

This snail is happily hanging upside down from what looks like a mirror, but it’s actually the surface of the sea. The violet snail spends its adult life surfing from place to place on a bubble raft.

Violet snails may be some of the best surfers around, but how the ocean snails develop their little rafts has been a mystery. Biologists have now figured out that the surfing snails ascended from ...

SAN DIEGO — San Diego beachgoers are getting a rare and colorful treat. Stunning violet sea snails have recently made a surprise appearance along La Jolla Shores, riding in on a warm ocean current.

Dozens of rare violet sea snails have been spotted in UK waters. About 60 of the "mesmerizingly beautiful" species from tropical climes have been reported around the beaches of the Isles of Scilly, ...

Dozens of rare violet sea snails have been washing up on beaches in the Isles of Scilly and Cornwall. As many as 60 of the creatures have been spotted in what has been described as 'unprecedented ...