Cuban snail (Polymita picta) world most beautiful land snails from Cuba , its known as "Painted Snails", rare, endangered and protected. Colorful snails, selective focus, copy space© Mark ...

The last known endemic land snail of its kind in Hawaii has died on New Year’s Day. The Achatinella apexfulva named George was approximately 14 years old. In 1997, ten Achatinella apexfulva were ...

Land snails are usually preserved as fossilized snail shells or imprints, while preservation of their soft bodies is a rarity. "Our new amber find is truly remarkable for this reason as well," ...

Oysters and escargot are recognized as luxury foods around the world—but they were once valued by the lower classes as cheap sources of protein. A rare New Zealand snail has been filmed for the first ...

Partula snails all but vanished from Polynesia after the arrival of a carnivorous foreign snail. But a global alliance of ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. The story I'm about to tell became much more interesting once I invited a zoologist into the narrative. Yet, this tale wouldn't have come around if I ...

A massive figure in Dorset, England, of a naked man wielding a club, known as the Cerne Abbas Giant, is not prehistoric, as was previously believed, according to tests of snail shells found on the ...

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 ...

George, a 14-year-old Achatinella apexfulva, died Tuesday. Achatinella apexfulva were the first of 750 land snails from Hawaii to be identified by Western science. Their distinct mark is a yellow tip ...