Animals, like humans, excel at some tasks but not others. Researchers used pond snails to investigate learning and memory. They found that if an individual is good at forming memories about food they ...

One such animal is the humble snail. Although it may be thought of as a simple and sluggish creature, certain types of snails ...

A new snail species discovered in South Sumatra shows how limestone habitats hide unique and vulnerable wildlife.

Snails are awesome little creatures. They’re like slugs, but they have a protective shell that they can retract into when they feel threatened. The shell is essentially the snail’s protective home, ...

While people and many animals might look pretty symmetrical on the outside, inside our bodies we are all fundamentally asymmetric. For example, the human heart is found to the left of center. Snails ...

It took decades for this endangered bird to reclaim its habitat. The snail kite, one of Florida’s most imperiled birds, appeared to be in the midst of a complicated success story after Hurricane Irma ...

Called "love darts," these sharp arrows can reduce fertility and cause early death, a new study says. They may look harmless, but the snails snacking on your backyard garden boast a sex organ that ...

Some animals kidnap sea snails to carry on their backs to help ward off predators. Researchers in Germany and Australia found that some animals will use the sea snail's ability to produce a chemical ...