To save it, they undertook one of the largest captive snail breeding and reintroduction efforts in Australian, and perhaps ...

PROTEM, Mo. — More than 170 feet below the surface, Tom Aley feels his way through a pitch-black cave, searching for a blind snail no bigger than a grain of sand. The air is dank and cold. Aley ...

2004-11-07 04:00:00 PDT Protem , Mo.-- More than 170 feet below the surface, Tom Aley feels his way through a pitch-black cave, searching for a blind snail no bigger than a grain of sand. The air is ...

It's a tactic humans have tried time and again thanks to its apparent simplicity: Dislike a pest? Enlist something that will eat it. The starfish, which boast 13 to 21 arms, gorge on coral. "They ...

Escargot may be synonymous with French cuisine, but the delicacy is having a renaissance in Vienna. Erik Trinidad is a food and travel writer and videographer. He's contributed to National Geographic ...

Dermatologists say snail slime, or mucin, can help with anti-aging and moisturizing. Beauty brands all over the world have been putting snail slime into their products. One snail breeder in Tunisia is ...

Sometimes this summer, as Bernard Husson has mowed the grass between his white picket fence and the stormwater pond in his neighborhood, he’s noticed something strange: Bubblegum-pink sacks of eggs ...

Terry Ball is 79 years old, runs a snail farm in Lancashire, England, and has spent years helping landlords cheat local councils out of millions in business rates. His method: breed snails in empty ...

Construction for the country’s largest lithium mine is underway in Nevada. The project threatens a tiny snail species called the Kings River pyrg—the construction of the mine, spanning around nine ...