Smithsonian Magazine

Scientists Once Thought This Snail Was Extinct. But a Surprising Discovery and Decade-Long Conservation Effort Revived the Species

In the early 1990s, scientists worried that the greater Bermuda land snail—found only on the North Atlantic Ocean archipelago ...

Rare snail once declared extinct is saved from obliteration after landmark conservation effort

"It's every conservationist's dream to help save a whole species – and that's exactly what we've done," said Tamas Papp of ...

Button-sized snail species saved from extinction

A tiny species of snail, which is about the same size as a button, has been saved from disappearing forever. The greater Bermuda snail was thought to be extinct until a small group was discovered ...
Forbes

Snail Called Picasso Joins List Of Species Named After Artists

A tiny snail was recently named after painter Pablo Picasso. It’s one of many species named after celebrities or artists, but some researchers question whether species should be named after people at ...
The Royal Gazette

Success for snail species saved from near-extinction

A conservation journal is to release a study on an endemic Bermuda snail once thought to be extinct. A small colony of ...
Warrington Guardian on MSN

Near extinct snails bred at Chester Zoo officially saved from disappearing

Chester Zoo leads global effort saving the greater Bermuda snail from extinction, with 100,000 reintroduced to Bermuda.
Hosted on MSN

Yes, Baby Snails Do Have Shells. Here's What They Look Like

Snails have shells the moment they're born, but it's kind of hard to tell. In fact, it's hard to even see a baby snail. Some are nearly microscopic, such as Angustopila psammion, whose adult-sized ...

The world's largest snail is nearly one meter long and almost as heavy as a three-year-old child

A pet snail in West Sussex once stunned record keepers with a 27.3cm shell, yet ocean species grow far larger. So which snail truly claims the crown for size?