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 ...

Researchers rediscover tiny tropical land snails, reclassifying lost species and reshaping the tree of life in Central ...

Scientists have discovered a new 'Spiderman' snail that catches prey by shooting slime from its tentacles. The species of worm snail, Thylacodes vandyensis, was discovered glued to a ship wreck in ...

On first glance they appear to simply be bland, bleach-white seashells, but when viewed under ultraviolet light they are transformed. Scientists have used a new technique to reconstrcut the colourful ...

Scientists Shell-ebrate After Bringing Snail Back From Extinction. A rare species of Polynesian tree snail once believed to be extinct in the wild has been officially reclassified as critically ...

Researchers have discovered a tiny new species of snail with an unusual shell - which has been named after Pablo Picasso. The new snail was named by the researchers who discovered the three-millimetre ...

A tiny new species of snail with an unusual shell has been named after the painter Pablo Picasso. Researchers who discovered the three-millimetre creature say they came up with the name because when ...

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