Since 1990, the St. Louis Zoo has played an instrumental role in bringing Tahitian snails back from the brink of extinction. Few species that have gone completely extinct have been successfully ...

One famous snail’s death highlights the plight faced by diverse Hawaiian snails, of which there were once hundreds of species ...

From the hot pink apple snail eggs that cling to cypress trees to trampled sugarcane crops, signs of invasive species are ...

Currently, the Lagocheilus genus of snails contains 106 species that are widespread across much of south east Asia, India, and South China. Of these 106 species, only six are known from mainland India ...

The strange reproductive habits of a large, carnivorous New Zealand snail were once shrouded in mystery. Now footage of the snail laying an egg from its neck has been captured for the first time, the ...

Invasive apple and mystery snails in Georgia have tested positive for rat lungworm, a parasite that can cause illness if the snails are consumed raw or undercooked. Although the risk of infection is ...

A survey recently conducted on Prince Edward Island turned up a type of freshwater snail that experts say has never before been identified in the Maritimes. Nature P.E.I. said in a news release that ...

(CNN) - In Queensland, Australia, there’s a new snail in town and it has been named after Robert Irwin. The 20-year-old conservationist and son of the late Steve Irwin made the announcement Sunday on ...