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 ...

Scientists found a pointy creature with a “ribbed” shell stuck to a bush in Markam County and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Chen, Dai, Wu, Jiang and Ouyang (2024) In a river ...

Extreme weather events, such as rainstorms, tropical cyclones, and heatwaves can occur across several days or even a few hours, and cause great damage to ecosystems and human settlements. An extreme ...

For National Snail Day, museum research fellow Melissa Betters explores the mollusks’ notable nature Melissa Betters A shell from the Cuvier tropid snail, a terrestrial species native to Madagascar, ...

It’s been slow work for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services as they snap on rubber gloves and rake Earth along the Caloosahatchee. A handful of team members comb the ground in ...

Invasive land snail species can displace native species and harm human health. A recent study by the Leibniz Institute for Biodiversity Change Analysis (LIB) compiles an overview of the exponential ...

One famous snail’s death highlights the plight faced by diverse Hawaiian snails, of which there were once hundreds of species ...

Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services enacted the quarantine to stop the spread of the snail species, which poses environmental and health threats Averi Kremposky is an editorial ...