Potamopyrgus antipodarum, commonly known as the New Zealand mud snail, has emerged as a paradigm for invasive species research. Its global proliferation is underpinned by a suite of opportunistic ...

image: The key to a successful invasion may lie in living fast and dying young. University of Iowa biologists studying a species of freshwater snail found that lineages that were the most successful ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Under towering palms and tangled mangroves, coil-shelled creatures ...

Nepal, Nov. 6 -- Water species such as fish, ghongi (freshwater snails), crabs and sutahi (mussels) are becoming increasingly rare in the fields, rivers, streams, and wetlands of the region. Baliram ...

Researchers have named two newly discovered freshwater snail species from Brazil after characters from The Lord of the Rings. In their research paper, the authors explain the name Idiopyrgus eowynae, ...

*Life Story of the Snail* (1963) is an **11-minute color educational film** produced by **Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corporation (EBEC)**. This documentary presents a **photographic study** ...

Snails (Gastropoda) are a stroke of luck for paleontologists: because of their hard shells, these animals are very often preserved as fossils. Snails therefore form an important and well represented ...

A survey recently conducted on Prince Edward Island turned up a type of freshwater snail that experts say has never before been identified in the Maritimes. Nature P.E.I. said in a news release that ...

Environmentalists are urging federal officials to save a pair of Northwest species that you’ve probably never heard of. If you’ve seen one of them, you might have mistaken it for a pebble on the ...