Jon McCormack's new book celebrates the whorls, hexagons, and half-moons that appear in the world all around us.

And that’s exactly why they’re relevant today — and why I’m taking you on a mini deep-dive of shell mosaics here (pun very ...

Scientists have identified a group of genes that control the formation of shapes and color patterns on the shell of the tropical marine mollusk referred to as "abalone." A study published in the open ...