Snails on a tiny rocky islet evolved before scientists’ eyes. The marine snails were reintroduced after a toxic algal bloom wiped them out from the skerry. While the researchers intentionally brought ...

‘I love snails and slugs! I just think they’re fascinating,’ says Jon Ablett, our Curator of Molluscs. ‘They’re an unnoticed part of our biodiversity, so it’s my mission to make people look around and ...

Gary the Snail first cut his teeth into the acting scene at a young age, scoring the role of "Gary the Snail" on popular children's TV show, Spongebob Squarepants. As an untrained actor he couldn ...

A team successfully transplanted memories by transferring a form of genetic information called RNA from one snail into another. The snails were trained to develop a defensive reaction. When the ...

Somsak heads a dynamic team of researchers that has been active on many aspects of land snail research since 1988. They are the regional centre of expertise and resources for our programme and ...

Snail slime has been used in skincare for centuries, and today the snail beauty-product industry is worth an estimated $4 billion. Back in the day, the snails had to be killed for their slime to ...

First things first: “Memoir of a Snail” is not, in fact, the memoir of a snail. It is the memoir of an Australian woman named Grace Pudel (pronounced “Puddle”), who loves snails very much.

I dream of having hydrated, dewy, and near-reflective skin, and I'm happy to report that a recent purchase has brought me ...

Scientists for the first time have uncovered an underworld of animal life thriving beneath the seafloor. Researchers have long studied animal communities near such hydrothermal vents. Many thought ...

This is the dismal, strange, and wondrous path trodden by director, writer, and production designer Adam Elliot in his brilliant film Memoir of a Snail. Having long dwelled in narratives that ...

A snail is an equally comforting and discomfiting creature. Its ornamental shell is both a home and armor. Its glacial pace, often accompanied by a viscous sludge it leaves behind, make it a messy ...