Research suggests snail mucin may offer benefits for wound healing, certain skin conditions, and reducing signs of skin aging, as well as anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effects. Although research ...

In the sun-baked fields of central Tunisia, a growing number of unemployed young men are turning to an unlikely source of income: snail hunting. With traditional job opportunities scarce and food ...

Ken Albala is the author of The Lost Art of Real Cooking with Rosanna Nafziger. He harvests garden snails from his property, feeds them, cooks them and eats them for dinner. He says the common garden ...