Meet The Snail That Thrives Where Almost Nothing Else Can. Hint: It Has Armor Made Of Iron

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

These giant snails carry parasites - how a slow animal creates a serious health risk

Giant african snails are spreading into new areas, and their invasion is raising serious public health concerns. These snails ...
NBC Los Angeles

The ‘SNERCH' for snails begins, and SoCal's nature lovers can participate

Share your slug and snail findings and help science understand some of our slimy and spectacular local critters.
Time

Science: All About Snails

In France, although the snail is an item on all good menus, Jean Cadart, snail lover and onetime snail merchant, discovered a serious lack: there was no up-to-date book on edible snails. The gap has ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Island snails are vanishing as Pacific becomes ground zero for extinctions

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

The devastation of island land snails: Pacific leads global wave of extinctions, researchers find

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

Confirmed by environmental authorities—Oʻahu tree snails return to the forest after 30 years extinct in the wild

Back on December 10, 2024, the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources let a group of endangered O‘ahu tree snails loose inside a fenced-off sanctuary ...
AzerNews

Azerbaijan’s unlikely new export: why Europe is buying its snails

For years, they were crushed underfoot, sprayed away from gardens or dismissed as a nuisance of rural life. Now, snails are becoming part of Azerbaijan’s export story. As Europe’s appetite for ...