Something strange happens the moment a snail touches a water droplet, and the physics behind it will make you rethink everything you assumed about how these creatures survive.

A team of researchers from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens has discovered a completely new genus and ...

Antibiotics prevent snails from forming new memories by disrupting their gut microbiome -- the community of beneficial bacteria found in their guts. Antibiotics prevent snails from forming new ...

An invasive species of snails known to be deadly to humans and disastrous to marine life has slithered its way into North Carolina. The toxic Apple Snails were discovered last month in multiple ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working to save a local species — the magnificent ramshorn aquatic snail — from extinction. Regulations from the Endangered Species Act now protect the snail from ...

Aquatic snails occupy essential ecological niches and serve as sensitive bioindicators of nanoparticle pollution in freshwater ecosystems. Increasing use of engineered nanomaterials such as silver, ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced the discovery of an invasive species in Lake Tahoe. The mud snails are tiny, aquatic snails that reach an average length of four to six ...

MOBILE, Alabama -- After earning a reputation among scientists for having the most animal extinctions in the lower 48 states, Alabama finally appears to be reversing that trend. The state is now home ...

Antibiotics prevent snails from forming new memories by disrupting their gut microbiome—the community of beneficial bacteria found in their guts. The new research, led by the University of East Anglia ...

Antibiotics prevent snails from forming new memories by disrupting their gut microbiome - the community of beneficial bacteria found in their guts. The new research, led by the University of East ...