A team of Japanese and Thai researchers has found four species of luminous land snails, only the second such discovery after one came to light in 1943. Scientists from Chubu University in Kasugai ...

They can be very beneficial to aquariums because some species can live for more than 30 years and they can help ... and these ...

‘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 ...

The scientists gave mild electric shocks to the tails of a species of marine snail called Aplysia californica. After these shocks were administered, the snails' defensive withdrawal reflex - where ...

May improve skin texture Snail mucin may work to reduce scarring and improve the overall texture of your skin. One study found that it can increase fibroblasts, a type of cell that helps build tissue.

biological control containing nematodes or just pick off any slugs or snails you see, different types of physical barriers are an increasingly popular choice. The Which? Gardening experts looked at ...

Since 1990, the St. Louis Zoo has played an instrumental role in bringing Tahitian snails back from the brink of extinction. Few species that have gone completely extinct have been successfully ...

Typically found in reefs in the tropical Indo-Pacific, geography cones are a type of predatory sea snail known for hunting small fish. A freshly collected batch of cone snails is handled with care ...

This May half term, a Cotswold site will be honouring a protected snail species thought to have been introduced to Britain by the Romans nearly 2,000 years ago. Helix Pomatia, the Roman snail ...

For plants in the ground, we found the biological control Nemaslug is effective against slugs, but not snails. There is one chemical option: pellets containing ferric phosphate. Ferric phosphate-based ...

Visiting scientists spotted the slow-moving animal and discovered a new species. Researchers hiked up the rocky slopes of a remote valley in Markam County in August 2023 to search for snails ...

Conservationists will now begin the process of downlisting the snails from Extinct-in-the-Wild to Critically Endangered on the IUCN's Red List. Ten species and sub-species of the tropical snails ...