Have you ever wondered if slugs can smile — or if they even have teeth? How a slug eats is surprisingly complex!

In a Caribbean cave where owls once spat out the bones of their prey, scientists have uncovered a nesting strategy that ...

Shop owners say the thieves who took 990 pounds of snails must have been escargot cognoscenti. By Ephrat Livni It was not quite the Louvre heist, but for a village in northeastern France, the recent ...

For more than a century, filmmakers worldwide have brought vampires to life on screens big and small across hundreds of interpretations. While cinematic bloodsuckers have ranged from the ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...

After going nearly extinct in the 1990s, these tropical snails have made a fabulous comeback—highlighting the value of carefully planned, long-term conservation projects. Reading time 2 minutes ...

Local birder Clarence Yeung, who lives fewer than 10 minutes from the park, rushed out with his camera after the alert on eBird's rare bird alert system. For Yeung, it was a "lifer"—a term birders use ...

David Avenetti receives funding from the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research) and the Health Resources and Services Administration. Christina Nicholas ...

Snails don’t often go viral online, but they can be just as cute as some of the other animal videos you see! Given how small they are, it’s easy to forget that they go around snacking on different ...

If your out-of-state friends are posting about elections on social media, here's your reminder that Wisconsin doesn't have an election this fall. A handful of states go to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 4, ...

Many scientists model biological processes with the study of mice, rats, and even flies, but snails have been especially useful to Dr. Maurine Neiman. She has been a professor of gender, women’s, and ...

The recently spotted asteroid 2025 PN7 appears to be the source of the rumor mill about Earth's supposed second moon. Earth has several quasi-moons that get their name due to the fact that they ...