In 2016, a retired scientist in London discovered a garden snail with a shell that coiled counterclockwise - the opposite of ...

Snails can be objects of fascination for kids playing outside. Lucky for the snails, they have their hard shells to protect them from children and predators alike. But are they born with that natural ...

Snails have shells the moment they're born, but it's kind of hard to tell. In fact, it's hard to even see a baby snail. Some are nearly microscopic, such as Angustopila psammion, whose adult-sized ...

The snail’s shell diameter averages about 22 to 30 millimeters (.87 to 1.18 inches). Each snail’s shell has a unique combination of stripes and colors, so no two are exactly alike. These snails eat ...

Tiny snails found on Australia's eastern coast can flicker their spiral shells like dim, blue-green light bulbs. Some snails excrete bioluminescent trails of snot or blink their muscly foot to attract ...

This article was written by Discover'sSmriti Rao. The next generation of bulletproof vests and military armor could well be inspired by a deep-sea snail, say scientists. Scientists were first drawn to ...

Faced with an incoming predator, most snails don't really have a lot of options other than to retreat into their shells. But scientists have discovered that members of a certain species won't take ...

On the small oceanic island of Chichijima, two endemic species of land snails, Mandarina mandarina and M. chichijimana, have discrete distributions separated by a hybrid zone. This study investigates ...