Credit: Angus Davison/Bernardo Reyes-Tur/Cover Images A team of British and Cuban scientists has embarked on a mission to save several species of snail whose unique beauty has threatened their very ...

Leeches might seem like relics of a bygone age of medicine, but they haven’t outlived their usefulness to people yet. The freshwater leech Helobdella austinensis can eat its weight in snails every day ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The strange ...

You might think that snails typically remain in their shells, occasionally slithering their way to a new location, but this Instagram video by @explaining.animals proves otherwise. When faced with a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists for the first ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American A snail’s shell is both mobile home and ...

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 ...