(CN) — Despite their conventional name and colorful patterned shells, some cone snails are killers. Their venom not only paralyzes and kills their marine prey, but, depending on the species, they can ...

Image of a predatory marine snail, Conus geographus, hunting a fish. The snail relies on fast-acting venom to subdue its prey, which enters hypoglycemic sedation due to one of the venom’s components, ...

(SALT LAKE CITY) - University of Utah researchers have found that the structure of an insulin molecule produced by predatory cone snails may be an improvement over current fast-acting therapeutic ...

Forget slow and steady. For the cone snail, it’s fast-acting chemistry that wins the race. Researchers have now shed light on the structure of a speedy insulin that cone snails use to paralyze prey.

For millions of people with diabetes, insulin is essential medicine. But for some ocean-dwelling predators, insulin is a weapon. With a burst of venom, a fish-hunting cone snail can drop the blood ...

Conus geographus, the killer cone snail that sprays insulin venom at its victims to disable them Jason Biggs and Baldomero Olivera Deadly cone snails use "weaponised" insulin to disable whole schools ...

Record Last Modified 12 Feb 2025 Specimen Count 1 Other Numbers Original Number : 241542A USNM Number 861069 Preparation Dry Place Mindanao Island, Zamboanga, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines, North ...

Venomous marine gastropods of the genus Conus have evolved one of the most sophisticated envenomation strategies known, allowing these slow animals to capture worms, mollusks and even fish 1.

Some cone snails add insulin to the venom cocktail they use to catch fish, biologists have discovered. Adding the hormone to the mix of venom toxins may have enabled predatory cone snails to disable ...

At least two species of cone snail have turned insulin into an underwater weapon, a new study finds. When these stealthy aquatic snails approach their prey, they release insulin, a hormone that can ...