Smithsonian Magazine on MSN3 天
These Tiny Snails Are Breeding in the Wild for the First Time in 40 Years in French Polynesia
During a release of captive-bred snails in September, researchers discovered wild-born individuals from the Partula tohiveana ...
Two new snail species named after Tolkien characters
Researchers have named two newly discovered freshwater snail species from Brazil after characters from "The Lord of the Rings ...
HowStuffWorks on MSN11 天
Freshwater Snails: Helpful Carriers of Harmful Parasites
You might think of snails as the little shelled creatures that you find crawling in your garden, or even as a delicacy of ...
Center for Biological Diversity1 天
Arkansas Mudalia Snail Gets Second Chance at Endangered Species Protections
WASHINGTON— In response to more than a decade of advocacy by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...
Arkansas snail getting second shot at endangered species protection
The snail, native to Arkansas and Missouri, is threatened by water pollution in the region and was previously denied ...
BBC24 天
Snails saved from escargot fate thanks to rescuer
More than 200 snails have been rescued from their fate as a French delicacy thanks to a gastropod enthusiast. Connor Bouttell received the shelled creatures in the post after learning they were ...
PetMojo on MSN4 个月
Are Snails Considered Bugs?
Within the mollusk family, there are four main groups: gastropods, bivalves, chitons, and cephalopods. Snails fall into the ...
The Hoya10 天
‘Memoir of a Snail’ Is a Gutting but Glimmeringly Hopeful Tale of Gastropods and Grief
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” The last place one expects to find a quote from existential philosopher Søren Kierkegaard is in a stop-motion animation ...