As its body expands away from the shell, the snail's mantle – a special organ on their back that exists exactly for this ...

A South American apple snail can regrow a fully working, human-like eye in about a month, study finds.

In hydrothermal vent fields, a small snail evolved an iron-reinforced shell. Here’s how it challenges assumptions about nature’s toughest composites. A snail might seem an unlikely contender for the ...

Tucked inside a shell that looks like something a shell collector would proudly display, the cone snail hides one of the most ...

Partula snails are small, tree-dwelling native to islands in French Polynesia. In Polynesian cultural heritage, each unique ...

Sydney: Snails carry weather records on their backs that could be used to map extreme weather events and reconstruct the ...

It’s hard for most people to get psyched about snails. They’re slimy. Their bodies bear a strong resemblance to phlegm. And our encounters with them often involve cursing the damage they do to our ...