For more than 100,000 years, coastal communities have harvested abalone (genus Haliotis). These gastropods, which are found ...

"Cured my dry skin in one day. I would give it 10 million stars if I could." —one overjoyed reviewer who discovered the magic ...

In the plant world, it’s not just wheat that has ears. New research suggests that flowers can hear... and perhaps even sing.

Commonly found in backyard gardens throughout the world, snails live a very interesting life. But how long do snails live, ...

There's one item which you might already have at home that you could use as a harmless way to get rid of pests.

There are a whole bunch of things you’ll need to consider when it comes to keeping snails. From creating the perfect habitat ...

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 ...

‘Land snail’ is the common name for terrestrial gastropod molluscs that have shells. Typical garden ... perhaps a warning about dangerous insects or unfamiliar plants. But the official pressed ...

Little is known about the reproduction of the shell-bound critters, which can grow so large that New Zealand’s conservation department calls them “giants of the snail world”. Ranger Lisa ...

We turned it over to be weighed and saw the egg just starting to emerge from the snail." Conservation department scientist Kath Walker said hard shells made it difficult to mate—so some snails ...