The World’s Largest Snail Is Surprisingly the Size of a Human Child

While many people picture small garden snails, some species grow to astonishing sizes and can weigh several pounds. One of ...
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Yes, Baby Snails Do Have Shells. Here's What They Look Like

Snails have shells the moment they're born, but it's kind of hard to tell. In fact, it's hard to even see a baby snail. Some are nearly microscopic, such as Angustopila psammion, whose adult-sized ...
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Giant African Land Snail Appears In Florida, Prompts Quarantine, Meningitis Concerns

The Giant African Land Snail can be invasive, wily, potentially infectious, can grow as big as a tennis shoe. (Photo: KERRY SHERIDAN/AFP via Getty Images) Florida, you’ve got snail. A Giant African ...

Slowly, Slowly, ‘Darwin’s Finches of the Snail World’ Return From Near Extinction

Partula snails all but vanished from Polynesia after the arrival of a carnivorous foreign snail. But a global alliance of ...

Sex and the sea snail: how a plucky marine lab brought a mollusk back from the brink

Once abundant in California, the white abalone had all but vanished. Now, thanks to an innovative breeding program, it’s staged a remarkable comeback ...