If you thought human birth was seriously twisted, get a load of the Mount Augustus snail from New Zealand. This giant ...

Snails and slugs are different species, but they both can destroy flowers and vegetables seemingly overnight.Look for silvery mucous trails to confirm their presence or plant damage like irregular ...

Researchers also propose a new method to classify snails by sorting them into similar groups based on overall shell shape, shell surface texture, and the arrangement of apertural barriers.

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 ...

Advertising Like other snails, Powelliphanta augusta are hermaphrodites, which explains how the creatures can reproduce when encased in a hard shell. The invertebrate uses a genital pore on the right ...

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 ...

According to self-confessed ‘nature nerd’ Bug Woman, we should be tapping snails’ shells to give them time to retract before moving them. On her website she explains: “If you suddenly pick ...

Snails are most easily identified by their external shell which they carry around on ... When salt is placed on the moist gastropod, it begins to draw the water out of its body through a process ...

If you're keen to draw hummingbirds to your garden ... and purple flowers are twisted and curled so that they somewhat resemble the form of a snail shell. This is why it's also commonly called the ...