Book a kid-friendly tour at WholeSnail, where you can learn more about these little slimy creatures and even pet them.

The new exhibits are built upon Liberty Science Center’s broader role as a regional hub for science education.

Seashells tend to appear quietly. After the tide pulls back, they are just there, mixed into the sand, sometimes whole, ...

Land snail extinctions are accelerating across islands, exposing a devastating collapse of some of the world’s most fragile ...

A comprehensive new review paper reveals the staggering loss of biodiversity among island land snails globally. Lead author ...

In hydrothermal vent fields, a small snail evolved an iron-reinforced shell. Here’s how it challenges assumptions about ...

A snorkeler in Australia found a shell tagged with a strangely specific number, kickstarting an online mystery about its ...

Most marine animals form their shells from calcium carbonate, which is a tough mineral also found in limestone. Some sponges ...

In Da Nang, the unusual job of catching sea snails - by walking backward - peaks just before Tet, offering high earnings and ...

Researchers have discovered how bacteria break through spaces barely larger than themselves, by wrapping their flagella ...

One afternoon, you read a paper title and pause, not because it is complex, but because it sounds wrong. Right-handed snakes. The idea lingers. Snakes do not write or throw balls. They slide and ...

When I moved abroad, I found the slimy mollusks everywhere. Then they taught me how to adapt. By Gabe Bullard On the first morning without rain after I moved to Switzerland, I woke up, still ...