Rarely do species presumed extinct reappear with renewed hope for a better future. But researchers in Australia not only ...

There are many reasons to play World of Warcraft, but I’m only interested because of one particular feature I recently ...

A rare purple sea snail (Janthina) washes ashore in San Deigo. Scientists reveal its floating bubble-raft lifestyle, striking violet colour and how ocean currents unexpectedly carried it to the beach.

Researchers rediscover tiny tropical land snails, reclassifying lost species and reshaping the tree of life in Central ...

A new experiment shows snail-inspired swarm robots stacking and adapting to move objects across gaps without fixed structures.

If you want to forget your troubles and tune out the state of the world, look no further than an online snail-appreciation group like Pet Snails and Slugs, which has ten thousand members from all over ...

The snail’s shell diameter averages about 22 to 30 millimeters (.87 to 1.18 inches). Each snail’s shell has a unique combination of stripes and colors, so no two are exactly alike. These snails eat ...

The miracle of life can be majestic at times. Other times, it’s an incredibly rare snail in New Zealand having kids out of its neck hole. In a first, officials at New Zealand’s Department of ...

More on the topic of unusual units of measurement, in particular how to communicate the size of information. Attentive readers will recall Christopher Dionne’s suggestion that the scale of large ...

Researchers hope the designation of several species of land snails, or kāhuli, will lead to conservation Maddie Bender - Freelance writer What do nine Hawaiian snails have in common with the Texas ...