From the depths of a deep-sea hot-water vent in the Indian Ocean comes Crysomallon squamiferum, a creature unlike anything ever seen before. Discovered over 10 years ago, it looks like a rather humble ...

A living specimen of "Zospeum tholussum" in the Lukina Jama-Trojama cave system in Croatia. Photo by Jana Bedek The domed land snail above has no need for eyes. Found at around 3,000 feet below the ...

Tiny snails found on Australia's eastern coast can flicker their spiral shells like dim, blue-green light bulbs. Some snails excrete bioluminescent trails of snot or blink their muscly foot to attract ...

Bold snails are built to be tough. A close look at bold snails’ shells reveals that they are rounder, thicker and more bite-resistant than shy snails’ shells. This finding, published online April 22 ...

In this episode of RTÉjr Radio's Let's Dive In, Julie and Phil join forces with Collie Ennis to find out how snails grow their shells. Collie Ennis, Zoologist extraordinaire and Critter Shed podcast ...

This microscopic shell comes from a snail, Opisthostoma vermiculum, found in a limestone hill habitat in Malaysia. Its morphology is unique, twisting around four different coiling axes, the most for ...

Researchers in Japan have altered the destiny of a rout of snails by changing the chirality of their shells before birth. By delicately manipulating a batch of developing embryos, the scientists ...