Across the tropical Pacific, some of the planet’s most distinctive land snails are slipping out of existence, turning once ...

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biology have discovered a remarkably streamlined strategy for developmental ...

There’s nothing like that first spring salad you’ve been babying for weeks. And there’s nothing like walking out one damp morning to find every leaf lace-worked with holes and shiny trails everywhere.

This video explores how an unexpected food source could play a major role in protecting Africa’s bush animals. As growing demand for snail farming expands, it offers an alternative to bushmeat, ...

Birds, unlike their dinosaur ancestors, lack teeth, relying on beaks and gizzards for eating. Some birds have evolved tooth-like adaptations for gripping prey. Mammals like the giant armadillo boast ...

Slimy and slow, snails may not be the most glamorous of creatures. Yet they are starring in their own exhibit at the Western Science Center in Hemet. Called “Life in the Slow Lane,” it spotlights the ...

Many scientists model biological processes with the study of mice, rats, and even flies, but snails have been especially useful to Dr. Maurine Neiman. She has been a professor of gender, women’s, and ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, are warning people to be on the lookout for cannibals they fear may be slithering throughout Nashville. The “cannibal ...

Rain came one evening to soften the afternoon heat. I sat outside on my back steps watching the clouds grow ever fuller, swelling like gray balloons until they finally burst, spilling out across the ...

Would you eat this? Louisiana officials are warning the state’s cooks to be wary if they try to eat the invasive giant apple snails spreading in swamps. The snails are native to South America.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A team of researchers on Kauai rediscovered two native land snails. “Godwinia caperata” and “Hiona exaequata” have both been unseen for nearly a century. Both were ...

When it comes to raising and propagating young, different creatures have different approaches. Mammals typically have a small litter of offspring that they raise to varying degrees before setting them ...