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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

This Brooklyn artist is obsessed with snails, and wants you to be, too. In David Colosi’s exhibition Snaileidolia at Open Source Gallery in South Slope, there’s a lot more than what meets the eye, ...

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 ...