Certain parasitic worms survive by taking control of snail behavior. Instead of hiding, infected snails are driven into exposed areas where predators can easily find them. The worms manipulate ...

Slimy and slow, snails may not be the most glamorous of creatures. Yet they are starring in their own exhibit at the Western Science Center in Hemet. Called “Life in the Slow Lane,” it spotlights the ...

Snails can hide in their shells for months or even years, slowing metabolism and sealing in moisture to survive harsh ...

Thom van Dooren is a field philosopher at the University of Sydney and the University of Oslo. He is the author of several books, including “Flight Ways: Life and Loss at the Edge of Extinction, “The ...

Animals reproduce in one of two distinct ways: egg-laying or live birth. By studying an evolutionarily recent transition from egg-laying to live-bearing in a marine snail, collaborative research has ...

Cone snails may appear small and harmless, but some species possess an extremely potent venom used to immobilise prey. Found ...

It was huge. Its light brown shell stood taller than the tip of my shoe. Its yellowish-green body stretched about an inch ...