There’s no doubt about it – animal reproduction can get downright bizarre. Nature doesn’t always follow the rules we expect, and sometimes it veers straight into the realm of the absurd. Take, for ...

The invasive shelled gastropods, which are native to Africa, are carrying the parasite lungworm that leads to meningitis in humans. This quarantine will last for two years, but unlike the coronavirus ...

10:19, Thu, Jun 22, 2023 Updated: 11:03, Thu, Jun 22, 2023 A community in the US is under quarantine after sightings of highly destructive giant African snails. The giant gastropods were initially ...

Georgia wildlife officials have asked the public for help eradicating a colony of invasive 'mystery snails,' which harbor dangerous parasites and damage property. Known as both the 'Chinese' and the ...

Huge snails have infested a town in Florida and caused it to be put into quarantine. (Credits: M-Production) Giant snails that can grow up to the size of a rat have been reported in a town in Florida.

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‘I love snails and slugs! I just think they’re fascinating,’ says Jon Ablett, our Curator of Molluscs. ‘They’re an unnoticed part of our biodiversity, so it’s my mission to make people look around and ...

A species once thought extinct has begun its slow crawl back into the wild.The first large-scale snail translocation and reintroduction ever attempted ...

Taylor Knapp says that he finds snails "fascinating", which is probably for the best, given that he looks after as many as 70,000 of them. Mr Knapp is the founder and owner of the largest snail farm ...

Memory transfer has been at the heart of science fiction for decades, but it's becoming more like science fact. A team successfully transplanted memories by transferring a form of genetic information ...

Snails are tiny gastropods - a single-shelled mollusc with a soft body - and although they might move slowly, they’re quick to cause damage. With thousands of microscopic teeth, snails gnaw away at ...