What’s a nuisance snail? Aquatic snails can be broadly placed into two camps: nuisance and ornamental. Ornamental snails, such as rabbit snails or zebra nerites, are usually large, attractive species ...

Amazon has dropped the price further for a viral snail serum, toted as a "Botox in a bottle", which aims to create that coveted "glass skin" look. During their Black Friday sale, offering a wealth ...

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The parasitic flatworm, Leucochloridium paradoxum, turns snails into zombies by controlling their eye stalks. The infected stalks resemble caterpillars, attracting birds that eat the snails.

But there is one ingredient you may not have come across before that is packed with some key ingredients: snail mucin, or more simply, snail slime. It is increasingly used in skincare products as ...

Snail study points to bright future for AI in biological research by James Cook University TxVIIB identification and purification from Conus textile venom.A, preparative RP-HPLC of the whole venom.

Zhenyuan Tang [Opens in a new window], In hypersonic flight the shock wave and turbulent boundary layer interaction (STBLI) sharply increases wall heat transfer that intensifies the aerodynamic ...

In a fascinating blend of science and literature, two newly discovered species of freshwater snails from Brazil have been named after characters from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. The ...

New snail species named after “The Lord of the Rings” characters have been found in Brazil. These troglobitic snails, adapted to cave environments, face threats from environmental degradation.

It has taken 30 years for a movie as ambitious and wildly creative as Memoir of a Snail to grace the silver screen and its presence is certainly welcome. Elliot’s characters are carefully ...

Written and directed by Adam Elliot. Opens Friday at TIFF Lightbox. 95 minutes. STC “Memoir of a Snail” begins with a mystery, as an old woman named Pinky dies in her bed after crying out ...