In the early 1990s, scientists worried that the greater Bermuda land snail—found only on the North Atlantic Ocean archipelago ...

Snails can’t move backwards. The muscles in their foot can only wave in one direction. They could make long and gradual u-turns, I suppose, but they can’t reverse over the slime trails behind them, ...

Scientists have recognized snails’ regenerative abilities for centuries. In 1766, a researcher documented that decapitated garden snails could regrow their entire heads. Despite that long history, ...

A pet snail in West Sussex once stunned record keepers with a 27.3cm shell, yet ocean species grow far larger. So which snail truly claims the crown for size?

A tiny species of snail, which is about the same size as a button, has been saved from disappearing forever. The greater ...

Let’s say, without saying more, that your week hasn’t gone as you’d hoped and that you wouldn’t describe yourself as feeling incredibly optimistic at the moment. You may find a kindred spirit in Grace ...

Along parts of the Western Australian coast, large shells sometimes lie half buried in tidal mud. They belong to Syrinx aruanus, known as the Australian trumpet and regarded as the largest living sea ...