From the slow-moving snail heading down the path in your yard to the Giant African Land Snails that people keep as pets (why?), there’s something iconic about the moisture-loving molluscs that can be ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. Cone snails get their name from the shape of their shells, ...

As if drowning weren't enough, there are so many ways the ocean will end your life. Add to the lethal list of box jelly fish, blue ringed octopus, fugu and the always popular great white shark, the ...

They look like ethereal little beings from another planet, but they’re are actually newly discovered species of snail. And unfortunately, some of them are already going extinct. A team of biologists ...

An expedition in the deepest cave system in Croatia, Lukina Jama–Trojama, discovered a beautiful new species of a tiny translucent snail. The newly discovered species belongs to the evolutionary ...

You need to have pretty good eyesight to see the tiny snails from the genus Plectostoma. These almost impossibly small gastropods from Malaysia and Thailand only reach a millimeter or two in width, ...

I know Chrissy Teigen is sick of her tweets becoming articles. Understandable. But Chrissy, while I love you, I am not writing this for you. I am writing this for a gorgeous snail. In an Instagram ...