Did you have an aquarium when you were growing up – or do you have one now? Did you have snails in it? In nature, our rivers, creeks and lakes are filled with freshwater snails … or were until ...

Neritina canalis with its eggs. Each egg contains a few hundred larvae that will be washed down into the ocean. Photo from Eric Krandall Many animals do not spend their lives entirely in saltwater or ...

A new study sheds light on some very fast snails and their success at long-distance colonization. Introduced into the rivers of the Martinique islands less than twelve years ago, the freshwater snails ...

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 ...

Scientists are studying a type of snail that can grow its eyes back in the hope of helping humans with eye injuries. The complex structure of humans eyes has been found to be similar to those of the ...

A freshwater snail that can regrow a fully formed eye is beginning to attract quiet attention from researchers studying vision loss. The golden apple snail, Pomacea canaliculata, can rebuild a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The snail, possibly the big-eared radix, is native to Europe and Asia. (P.E.I. Invasive Species Council - image credit) A survey ...

A new study from The American Naturalist studies some very fast snails and their success at long-distance colonization. Introduced into the rivers of the Martinique islands less than twelve years ago, ...