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

The mystery of the volcano-dwelling snail and its iron shell has been unravelled by scientists after its genome was decoded for the first time. The scaly-foot snail survives in what researchers have ...

An impoverished fisherman is in line for a major payout after finding a rare orange Melo pearl worth £250,000 on a beach in Thailand. Hatchai Niyomdecha, 37, was picking up shells with his family when ...

A tiny new snail species discovered in Thailand has been named after legendary artist Pablo Picasso, due to the strange, complex geometric patterns seen on its shell. The species, measuring only 3 ...

08:06, Fri, Jun 9, 2023 Updated: 09:48, Fri, Jun 9, 2023 It has always been a mystery why the scaly-foot snail can live in “impossible living conditions” but thanks to scientists at the Hong Kong ...