Humble limpets clinging to rocky shores around Aotearoa are surprisingly savvy when it comes to climate change adaptation, a new University of Canterbury study shows. Dr. Spencer Virgin, a ...

An interdisciplinary team of biologists, chemists and engineers from the University of Portsmouth have become the first to successfully grow a limpet inspired biomaterial with extreme strength. The ...

In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. William Wright of Chapman University explains how limpets battle it out for the best section of the tide pool. William Wright is an associate professor of biology at ...

New research shows that limpets can repair their damaged shells with biological material so that they are as strong as the originals. However, they are still vulnerable to multiple impacts and ...

Spider's silk has long been the strongest natural material known to man, prompting researchers to attempt to uncover its secrets so they can replicate its remarkable properties in man-made materials.

Summer is a great time to take advantage of extreme low tides in coastal Washington and Puget Sound. As tides roll back in ...

Tagged limpets avoiding the sun on a south-facing boulder (Photo/Supplied) Dr Spencer Virgin, a post-doctoral fellow at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury, has worked on a thesis ...