Pteropods, or sea butterflies, are pelagic molluscs whose delicate aragonitic shells render them especially susceptible to declining carbonate saturation. As the ocean absorbs anthropogenic carbon ...

Shelled pteropods, microscopic free-swimming sea snails, are widely regarded as indicators for ocean acidification because research has shown that their fragile shells are vulnerable to increasing ...

Pteropods, or "wing-footed" sea snails and slugs, may be more resilient to acidic oceans than previously thought, scientists report. By digging into their evolutionary history, the research team found ...