After years of patient care and quiet observation, conservation rangers in New Zealand have finally witnessed something extraordinary: a rare snail laying an egg from its neck. The moment ...

HOKITIKA, NEW ZEALAND (WFLA)— A snail was caught ... Having a hard shell also brings problems, how to get sperm from your mate into your shell and any resultant eggs out, Walker announced.

Kath Walker, a DOC senior science advisor, said in the release that the snails lay eggs through their neck because to their hard shell gets in the way of mating anywhere else on their body.

A tiny new snail species discovered in Thailand has been named after legendary artist Pablo Picasso, due to the strange, complex geometric patterns seen on its shell. The species, measuring only 3 ...

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 ... in a hard shell. The invertebrate ...

Images show the snail ... egg,” she said in a statement. Like other snails, Powelliphanta augusta are hermaphrodites, which explains how the creatures can reproduce when encased in a hard shell.