The endangered Chittenango ovate amber snail (COAS), found only in one location alongside a Central New York waterfall, has achieved a step crucial to its recovery: captive breeding in an ESF ...

There’s no doubt about it – animal reproduction can get downright bizarre. Nature doesn’t always follow the rules we expect, and sometimes it veers straight into the realm of the absurd. Take, for ...

If you’ve been slathering snail mucin on your face thinking it’s just regular slime, prepare to be both fascinated and slightly horrified. The beauty ingredient that’s made from snail secretions ...

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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – By the looks of the 1,000+ Partula nodosa snails in a special conservation room at the Sedgwick County Zoo, you would not know the species was nearing extinction elsewhere in ...

The giant African snail was first found in southern Florida in the 1960s, and it took 10 years and $1 million to eradicate it. It was reintroduced in 2011, and eradication efforts were completed in ...

We’re all familiar with La Jolla’s sea lions, harbor seals, orcas, garibaldi and seabirds. But in this series of stories ...

The tale of Hawaiian land snails began millions of years ago as the first plants and animals began to colonize the islands. Researchers don’t know exactly how snails arrived – perhaps stuck to the ...

QUEENS, New York -- They're slow, slimy and a menace to society. Such are the giant African snails discovered during a baggage examination at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City on ...

ALL RIGHT. 508 NOW AN INFESTATION OF SORTS ALONG WATERWAYS. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN PINK SNAIL LIKE CREATURES GROWING NEAR CANALS. THE JEFFERSON AND ORLEANS PARISH IS. YEAH, IT’S GOT SOME PEOPLE SCRATCHING ...