It’s the most wonderful time of the year for many who celebrate something festive in December. From Christmas to Hanukkah to Yule—with a bit of Festivus mixed in—there are over a dozen holidays that are observed this month worldwide.
Most of the sea snails in a tide pool cruise around searching for food. But not the scaled wormsnail. It cements its shell to a rock and snags its meals using the one thing a snail has plenty of: mucus. Researchers have found that warming ocean waters might actually give these sea snails a boost.