For centuries, there were millions of Partula snails in French Polynesia. Then, after an invasive predatory species was introduced to the islands, the Partula were eaten to extinction in the wild. But ...

This adult Partula tohiveana snail doesn't have a dot of UV-reflective paint on its shell, meaning it was born in the wild. Paul Pearce-Kelly In French Polynesia, tiny snails are making a big comeback ...

A new study published in Conservation Biology examines the behavior and distribution of queen conch (Aliger gigas) to guide ...

More than 1,300 tiny snails were released into the wild after a captive breeding effort. One baby snail is shown here on a British five pence coin. Chester Zoo / Cover Images via AP Just a few years ...

Native to South America, apple snails pose human health risks. Adults carry rat lungworm, which can infect humans if eaten raw or under cooked, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission says. N.C.

If you want to forget your troubles and tune out the state of the world, look no further than an online snail-appreciation group like Pet Snails and Slugs, which has ten thousand members from all over ...

It’s spreading at a lot faster than a snail’s pace. As if the US Southeast wasn’t inundated with enough invasive critters from Asia: A breeding population of Chinese “mystery snails” has surfaced in a ...

One famous snail’s death highlights the plight faced by diverse Hawaiian snails, of which there were once hundreds of species ...

I am a local business owner. I am a mother. I ship snails from Elyria to homes across Ohio and beyond. It may sound unusual, ...

A breeding population of Chinese "mystery snails" has surfaced in a Georgia lake, prompting fears that they could spread parasites and damage property, per an advisory by the Georgia Department Of ...