Snails are awesome little creatures. They’re like slugs, but they have a protective shell that they can retract into when they feel threatened. The shell is essentially the snail’s protective home, ...

We know whether the endangered Everglade snail kite becomes more or less so every few hours. At least we do at Lake Tohopekaliga. A research team is always counting. They use GPS trackers, nest ...

A one-inch Hawaiian snail is dead, and his species is likely gone forever. The New Year's Day death of the small, 14-year-old snail, named George by Hawaiian scientists, is yet another blow to the ...

Snails have over 1,000 microscopic teeth. Some eat leaves, but different snails eat many different things, including other snails. Photo by Jennifer Schlick Of all the flora and fauna in the region, ...