Conservation rangers took a video of an endangered, captive snail laying a large egg, revealing insight into the creature’s reproductive process ...

The snail’s shell defies the smooth spirals we associate with its kind. Instead, it folds into boxy, angular whorls, a shape ...

A rare New Zealand snail has been filmed for the first time squeezing an egg from its neck, delighting scientists trying to ...

A tiny new snail species discovered in Thailand has been named after legendary artist Pablo Picasso, due to the strange, complex geometric patterns seen on its shell. The species, measuring only 3 ...

Little is known about the reproduction of the shell-bound critters, which can grow so large that New Zealand’s conservation department calls them “giants of the snail world”. Ranger Lisa ...

We turned it over to be weighed and saw the egg just starting to emerge from the snail." Conservation department scientist Kath Walker said hard shells made it difficult to mate -- so some snails ...

We turned it over to be weighed and saw the egg just starting to emerge from the snail." Conservation department scientist Kath Walker said hard shells made it difficult to mate – so some snails ...

You might expect danger to come with claws or size, but the real threat often comes in small, quiet forms. These animals kill ...