The Australian stop-motion animator discusses his latest film, a ‘clayography’ of a snail-loving hoarder whose difficult life has caused her to retreat into her shell.

There are a whole bunch of things you’ll need to consider when it comes to keeping snails. From creating the perfect habitat to providing proper nutrition, a little effort goes a long way in keeping ...

For example, “sapiens” means “knowing”, because humans can be pretty smart sometimes ... was inspired by the boxy patterns in the snail’s shell. Instead of smooth spirals, it had ...

However, it gets even stranger than stink bugs, snakes, and rodents; an unusually massive snail appeared in New York City in June 2024, one that can spread a pretty serious disease. While it's not ...

Art is everywhere you look in nature, whether it’s in the form of spiraling humpback whale bubble nets or, as a group of researchers studying snail diversity in Southeast Asia recently ...

The snail's proboscis was a hypodermic needle ... Then it lets the bamboozled fish stagger off to brood baby snuffboxes. A pretty shell, like a pretty face, clearly isn't everything.

No snails or shells anywhere else — just in that corner ... Last year, I planted tomatoes, and they were growing pretty well until suddenly they just wilted and died. I kept them watered ...

as it's a textile cone snail, not a pretty shell. These are 'one of the most venomous creatures on earth', according to non-profit Aquarium of the Pacific, which strike their prey with their ...

Frank, who wished to keep his last name private, picked up the shell-looking item ... to be alive after holding cone snail. A scuba diver thought he found a pretty seashell in the Red Sea only ...

The experimental skerry. (©Bo Johannesson) These outward changes, or phenotypes, became apparent pretty quickly, given that the snails reproduce at a rate of a generation or two per year. Their shells ...

meaning that they have patterned shells – they may be decorated with stripes, dark green or black ridges, or tiny dark round dots. In any case, nerite snails can have a pretty large number of color ...

Mucus is a pretty amazing substance as it prevents ... and in some species a protective layer for their eggs. In snails, shells are part of the animal’s body. They provide attachment for the ...