Invasive alien species, like the giant African snail, pose a threat to India's biodiversity and economy, requiring stronger ...

Two thousand giant snails are living in fridges on the West Coast as an insurance policy for the Department of Conservation, ...

The first new species, Peltospira gargantua, was found on a black smoker chimney in the Hydra field at a depth of about ...

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Biocontrol is often cheaper than applying agrochemicals, especially if the introduced “natural enemy” can thrive without ...

Stone snail-crushers, like all other Labrochromis found in Lake Victoria, are known as “mouthbrooding care giver (s),” meaning the females of the species hold their eggs in their mouths until they ...

Also known as "volcano snails," these gastropods grow a suit of metal-enriched scaly armor and have an enormous heart, which helps them survive in oxygen-poor water in the deep ocean.

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 ...

Measuring 6.5 centimetres, this giant magnolia snail (Bertia cambojiensis) at Longleat Safari Park in Wiltshire, UK, certainly lives up to its name. Also known as the Vietnamese giant snail ...

THE Giant African snail (GAS), known as a major pest, is gaining traction as a delicacy in Trinidad and Tobago. According to the Ministry of Health, the snail itself poses a large public safety ...

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The snails were meant for consumption but were "humanely euthanized" instead. A total of 90 giant African land snails have been seized by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Office of Field ...