Australia Wants to Breed Giant Snails to Save the Great Barrier Reef. Published Sep 19, 2017 at 4:59 PM EDT Updated Sep 19, 2017 at 6:14 PM EDT. By .

The snails breed rapidly, are difficult to kill and can consume the algaes and other substances that fish and turtles need to survive. In extreme scenarios, ...

There is a remarkable snail with breathtakingly beautiful shells that can only be found in Cuba. It is not native to any ...

Brewer breeds Cornu aspersum, known by its excessively common common name, the “common European garden snail.” The species is often overshadowed by its more soulful or mysterious cousins.

Rediscovery of giant African land snail prompts quarantine in Florida's Pasco County 00:50. The giant African land snail, a potential health risk to humans, has once again invaded Florida — and ...

Rediscovery of giant African land snail prompts quarantine in Florida's Pasco County 00:50. The reappearance of an invasive snail species forced state officials to enact a quarantine order two ...

The snail originated from an amber mine in Burma, Myanmar. The snail is about 1 inch in length and has a shell lined with short bristly hairs less than 1 millimeter in length.

These snails grew into lefties, and so did their offspring. Without two working copies of Lsdia1, snails can survive with Lsdia2 — but their shells won’t coil to the right.

The rare, hermaphroditic snail is only found in New Zealand. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Search for: ...