The Powelliphanta augusta snail was undergoing a routine weight check when an egg appeared from its neck Lisa Flanagan/New Zealand Department of Conservation via AP A rare New Zealand snail had ...

The long-lived snails can grow to the size of a golf ball, their eggs can take more than a year to hatch. A rare New Zealand snail has been filmed for the first time squeezing an egg from its neck ...

The miracle of life can be majestic at times. Other times, it’s an incredibly rare snail in New Zealand having kids out of its neck hole. In a first, officials at New Zealand’s Department of ...

Wellington, New Zealand — The strange reproductive habits of a large, carnivorous New Zealand snail were once shrouded in mystery. Now, footage of the snail laying an egg from its neck has been ...

A rare New Zealand snail has been filmed for the first time squeezing an egg from its neck, delighting scientists trying to save the critically endangered meat-eating mollusk. Threatened by coal ...

In a remarkable conservation success, New Zealand scientists have recorded a Mount Augustus snail laying an egg for the first time in two decades. These giant carnivorous land snails, native to a ...

The strange reproductive habits of a large, carnivorous New Zealand snail were once shrouded in mystery. Now footage of the snail laying an egg from its neck has been captured for the first time, ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. New Zealand is no stranger to unique flora and fauna, and that includes the land snail Powelliphanta augusta. These rare ...

Scientists have discovered two new snail species the size of a grain of sand—the tiniest known land snails on Earth. “It's amazing how small they are—we wouldn’t have expected that ...

An employee at New Zealand's Department of Conservation recorded the rare moment while caring for a snail from an endangered species. An extremely rare moment was caught on camera of a snail ...

After copious summer rain in Idukki, the cardamom-growing regions of the high ranges have raised the prospects of a robust crop in the upcoming season — even as snail infestation threat is ...

Take, for example, a curious little snail species you’ve probably never heard of. It has a truly baffling biological quirk: it lays its eggs through an opening in its neck. Just let that sink in ...