Giant African snails are spreading into new regions, bringing with them a parasite known to cause serious illness in humans.

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

According to local outlet CiberCuba, sightings of the giant African snail have surged in provinces such as Artemisa, with ...

Traditional use of nhundurwa fruit for reducing toothache and pain but little solid evidence for viral health claimsIN SHORT: Facebook posts claim that liquids from the fruit - inhaled, bathed in or ...

Are we calling this week the official start of the year? It’s safe to say 2026 is well and truly here, so why not get into it ...

The ability to regenerate lost body parts has long captured human fascination. Many creatures out in nature can perform feats of repair that far surpass our own abilities. For example, salamanders can ...

Local birder Clarence Yeung, who lives fewer than 10 minutes from the park, rushed out with his camera after the alert on eBird's rare bird alert system. For Yeung, it was a "lifer"—a term birders use ...

On a hot afternoon in February 2020, a group of people who claimed to be scientists gathered farmers at Tebere in the Mwea Irrigation Scheme, Kirinyaga County. They said they were introducing a new ...

Many groups in the animal kingdom have the remarkable ability to regenerate their eyes, but mammals are not one of them—at least, not yet. A new study analyzed the genetic mechanisms behind the ocular ...

Golden apple snails and humans have similar eyes with related structures. Understanding how the snails can regrow them could help scientists heal human eyes. Alice Accorsi, UC Davis At first glance, ...

Human eyes are complex and irreparable, yet they are structurally like those of the freshwater apple snail, which can completely regenerate its eyes. Alice Accorsi, assistant professor of molecular ...

This snail could one day save eyes. The golden apple snail has camera-type eyes that are fundamentally similar to the human eye. Unlike humans, the snail can regenerate a missing or damaged eye. UC ...