All mollusks build their own shells, whether they live in water or on land. Creatures like snails, clams, oysters and mussels use an organ called a mantle to secrete layers of calcium carbonate ...

Snails come in a wide variety of sizes, shapes, and species, and they serve a key role in our environment. Not only do they ...

"When they're attacked, they secrete large ... of them as "sea shells," some species can survive even under a cactus in the desert. Goldberg added that he became interested in land snails after ...

Recognized as the official state shell of Texas ... can live up to 15 years and grow as large as 16 inches, making them one of the more impressive sea snail species. Historically, Native American ...

Little is known about the reproduction of the shellbound critters, which can grow so large that ... from the snail." Conservation department scientist Kath Walker said hard shells made it ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The strange reproductive habits of a large ... Advertising Like other snails, Powelliphanta ...

the scientists found that snail shells could be a record of large-scale precipitation events. “This special microstructure associated with the ... shell variation might have the potential to be ...

A tiny new species of snail with an unusual shell has been named after the painter Pablo Picasso. Researchers who discovered the three-millimetre creature say they came up with the name because ...

Art is everywhere you look in nature, whether it’s in the form of spiraling humpback whale bubble nets or, as a group of researchers studying snail diversity in Southeast Asia recently ...

Little is known about the reproduction of the shellbound critters, which can grow so large ... snail. We turned it over to be weighed and saw the egg just starting to emerge from the snail." ...