Over the past two decades, the Gulf of Maine has become a popular landing spot for invasive species from across the world, ...

Frank, who wished to keep his last name private, picked up the shell-looking item and admired it. He thought about taking it ...

A man shared his close call with a deadly textile cone snail while snorkeling in Egypts Red Sea. Initially unaware of the ...

Two common snail species (Nucella lapillus and Littorina obtusata) have evolved in response to a major predator: the invasive ...

Snails carry a spiral shell banded in chestnut brown with yellow ... Both species shelter during the day in soil cracks or ...

Beige- and cream-colored stripes cover the snail’s spiraled shell, which protects the snail from predators and prevents it from drying out. Partula snails went extinct in the wild because of ano ...

Also known as the sand-grain snail for its resemblance to a grain of sand, the Ichetucknee siltsnail is a tiny freshwater snail native to Florida — just 2 or 3 millimeters wide with a translucent, ...

Oblong rocksnails are nickel-sized freshwater snails that keep rivers clean by grazing on algae and they serve as food sources for fish and crayfish. Underneath their brown-striped shells, oblong ...