The awkward stage of adolescence drives some insects to murderous home invasion. When the time comes to shed their skin, certain beetle larvae in Greece scout out a sleeping snail, break into its ...

Snails can hide in their shells for months or even years, slowing metabolism and sealing in moisture to survive harsh ...

A breeding population of Chinese "mystery snails" has surfaced in a Georgia lake, prompting fears that they could spread parasites and damage property, per an advisory by the Georgia Department Of ...

Meet the sea butterfly. Unlike most species of zooplankton that occupy the all-important base of the marine food web, this sea snail earned its nickname by behaving more like an insect, fluttering its ...

Farmers and gardeners are locked in an eternal battle with pests. One of those pests is the humble snail. The sluggish and slimy creatures love to munch on anything green and moist, and leave their ...

Symmetry is a feature of many plants, animals and even some molecules — like water. But that’s not the case with snails and their coiled shells. They are chiral — asymmetrical in such a way that they ...

Snails have shells the moment they're born, but it's kind of hard to tell. In fact, it's hard to even see a baby snail. Some are nearly microscopic, such as Angustopila psammion, whose adult-sized ...

The risk of predation is perhaps the most pervasive form of stress in ecological communities and has substantial effects on the ecology and evolution of organisms and their communities. Using ...