In hydrothermal vent fields, a small snail evolved an iron-reinforced shell. Here’s how it challenges assumptions about nature’s toughest composites. A snail might seem an unlikely contender for the ...

Cuban-painted snails come in a variety of beautifully colored shells. The snail's shell diameter averages about 22 to 30 millimeters (.87 to 1.18 inches). Each snail's shell has a unique combination ...

Over the past two decades, the Gulf of Maine has become a popular landing spot for invasive species from across the world, says Geoffrey Trussell, an evolutionary biologist and professor at ...

A genetic spin doctor sets snail shells to swirl clockwise, new research confirms. And the twist in this story comes at the beginning — when snail embryos are just single cells. Working at the Tokyo ...

DNA analysis by Queensland Museum scientists has unearthed the true identity of 15 species of land snails including four new-to-science species with one named in honor of Queensland wildlife warrior ...

New research looks at the swimming and sinking kinematics of nine species of warm water pteropods (sea snails) to shed light on their ecology, predator-prey interactions, and vertical distributions.

Take a stroll through the coastal dunes, woodlands, or cities of Europe and you will likely find, with an observant eye, grove snails. They come in a variety of colors: coral pink, lemon yellow, lush ...