A village in Norfolk, England, hosts the 2025 World Snail Racing Championships during which dozens of entrants are seen off ...

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Snails belong to the unsegmented, soft-bodied group of animals called mollusks, which also include octopuses, squids, and clams. Further classified, they are a gastropod, a group that includes snails ...

Inspired by a small and slow snail, scientists have developed a robot protype that may one day scoop up microplastics from the surfaces of oceans, seas and lakes.

The lack of speed of snails and slugs can be attributed to at least three factors: how they move, what they eat and what eats them.

At the World Snail Racing Championships, the world record time for completing the 13.5-inch course stands at two minutes flat.

Why are snails and slugs so slow? – Sarah, age 11, Wichita Falls, Texas Wander through your backyard or walk along a stream and it’s likely you’ll see a snail – small, squishy animals with ...

“Memoir of a Snail,” by the Oscar-winning Australian animator Adam Elliot, is a grubby delight, a stop-motion charmer that feels like falling into a dumpster and discovering an orchid.

The snail-collecting and snail hat-wearing woman is the lead character in “Memoir of a Snail,” the largely enjoyable latest work from Australian writer-director Adam Elliot, who, through the ...

Participants in the World Snail Racing Championships will be slugging it out this weekend. The gastropod gallop will take place at Grimston Cricket Club, Congham, near King's Lynn, on Saturday ...