Elon Musk’s snail is playing a key role in the development of hyperloop, a transit system that moves people at speeds of up to 700 miles per hour. While the gooey gastropod called “Gary” may ...

Gary is a snail who lives in a pineapple, balanced precariously on a wall overlooking a deep trench. He is trapped there, waiting for the day when he is forced to race against a giant machine.

The flipped organs rarely result in symptoms for the person. In some snail populations, the reversal resulted in the evolution of new species. In other cases, left-handedness -- a shell whirl ...

But don’t be fooled by its title or its small handful of celebrity drop-ins — “Sponge on the Run” belongs to one character above all others, and that character is Gary the Snail (whose ...

Also known as "volcano snails," these gastropods grow a suit of metal-enriched scaly armor and have an enormous heart, which helps them survive in oxygen-poor water in the deep ocean.