It was huge. Its light brown shell stood taller than the tip of my shoe. Its yellowish-green body stretched about an inch ...

It could almost be the punchline to a joke - but works on a major trunk road to turn it into a dual carriageway really are being held up by a slow-moving report on snails. Councillors on Norfolk ...

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 ...

Snails, mussels, squids -- as different as they may look, they do have something in common: they all belong to the phylum Mollusca, also called mollusks. Researchers have now carried out research into ...

Britons have been urged to "make friends" with slugs and snails as only a "small fraction" cause havoc for gardeners. The molluscs are regularly thought to be among the most frustrating species of ...

Why don’t animal’s use wheels in locomotion? Why aren’t blue whales bigger? Why are there no freshwater starfish? Why are there no tree dwelling cephalopods? Why can’t my dog make a decent cocktail?

Dissection might prove unnecessary when identifying new molluscs after scientists described a previously unknown land snail based on its genitalia, yet without damaging the specimen in the slightest.

‘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 ...

On Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, local fishermen on Sukorn Island, in Koh Sukorn subdistrict, Palian district of Trang province, said ...

Famed for keeping vampires at bay, garlic has been found to be equally unpopular with slugs and snails, scientists revealed yesterday. The pungent plant which was worshipped by the Egyptians, could ...