The San Antonio River Authority is installing plastic barriers to try to stop invasive apple snails from laying their piles ...

David Sischo is working to save some of the rarest endangered species on the planet, kāhuli — Hawaii’s native tree snails. The snails play a crucial role in the ecosystem, having evolved over millions ...

From the hot pink apple snail eggs that cling to cypress trees to trampled sugarcane crops, signs of invasive species are ...

Since 1990, the St. Louis Zoo has played an instrumental role in bringing Tahitian snails back from the brink of extinction. Few species that have gone completely extinct have been successfully ...

A tiny new species of snail with an unusual shell has been named after the painter Pablo Picasso. Researchers who discovered the three-millimetre creature say they came up with the name as when they ...

The most striking, colorful snails in the world are in danger — precisely because of their beauty. Polymita tree snails (also known as Cuban painted snails) are highly prized in eastern Cuba. Beloved ...

A new study describes nine new species of carnivorous land snails, all of which are so small they could fit together on a U.S. nickel. They present a rare opportunity to study a group that in many ...

The strange reproductive habits of a large, carnivorous New Zealand snail were once shrouded in mystery. Now footage of the snail laying an egg from its neck has been captured for the first time, the ...

Snails and slugs are common pests in gardens. They belong to the mollusk family along with oysters, and they crawl along over ...

The 'Robert Irwin’s Banded Snail' has a dark brown body and a shell with black, dark brown and light brown colors Paul Archuleta/Getty; Courtesy of Australia Zoo Robert Irwin is following in the ...