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

A collection of fossil shells from marine snails and clams is challenging a theory that says the world's deadliest mass extinction was accompanied by severe ocean acidification. The study is the first ...

Recent scientific research has unveiled the existence of a newfound species of an extinct land snail named Ferussina, marking a significant discovery in the world of paleontology. This extraordinary ...

For National Snail Day, museum research fellow Melissa Betters explores the mollusks’ notable nature Melissa Betters A shell from the Cuvier tropid snail, a terrestrial species native to Madagascar, ...

More than 150 years after Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, scientists are still studying how living organisms evolve. Understanding the rate at which species adapt to new environments has always ...

The head, foot, and eye stalk of a tiny land snail were recently found fossilized in a piece of 99-million-year-old amber. Though the specimen measures less than 0.2 inches across, it offers ...

Fossil remains of a new type of extinct snail-munching marsupial identified by Australian palaeontologists, more closely resemble a modern-day lizard than a mammal. The find sheds light on how ...

A treasure trove of rare freshwater fossils has been described from Taiwan in a new study. Dating back to the Early Pleistocene, over 1 million years ago, they include a baby snail preserved inside ...