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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 have discovered a strange new species of snails – little worm-snails that live in the ocean, on a shipwreck. These mysterious creatures could play a major role in coral reef restoration ...

Unusually aggressive snail behaviour has been observed in Japan and the far east of Russia - two species have been found that don't retreat into their shell when they sense a predator, but instead ...

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 ...

Craig Eddie's love affair with snails started when he was five years old on a Queensland beach. As he recalls, seashells caught his eye in the sand during an annual family beach holiday. He put a few ...

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