Cone snails are marine animals that harpoon their prey and incapacitate them with deadly toxins. They may be beautiful, but ...

In the "Jurassic Park" sequel "The Lost World: Jurassic Park," the Lindstradt air gun is a weapon that shoots a dart containing "enhanced venom" from the cone snail (Conus purpurascens), which the ...

A tall deciduous grass with long, narrow, purple-tinged leaves and pinkish, silky flower sprays in late summer, soon becoming silvery and turning to fawn in autumn and winter ...

A semi-evergreen, clump-forming perennial with divided, leathery, purple-tinged foliage and branched stems bearing cup-shaped single flowers, lilac-mauve with a tinge of green, in late winter and ...