In brief: they've grown thicker shells. The paper documents two sets of field experiments, conducted 20 years apart, measuring the thickness and plasticity in samples of tidal snails. The first ...

I cannot overstate how much this thing truly does look like a snail, and suddenly the idea of putting a snail inside me sounded…less than arousing. Makes sense in theory, but when you first lay ...

Repair of injured turtle shells can be difficult and time-consuming. This article describes how to manage the freshwater turtle in this phase of healing and how to keep fracture sites 'water-free'.

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The key finding is that snails have developed thicker shells, reflecting a shift from short-term, plastic defenses to more durable, genetic adaptations. The research was co-authored by Geoffrey ...

The test subject was a freshwater snail native to New Zealand that has spread worldwide and is considered a bellwether for how other aquatic organisms may be affected by pollutants. The male snails ...

Friday, the Missouri legislature saw its last day to propose bills for the 2025 session. Usually, this gives members a last-minute chance to sponsor a bill that may have come to their attention late.

The measles virus attacks long-lived immune cells, reducing antibody-mediated protection from other infectious diseases and casting a long shadow of childhood mortality.