Partula snails all but vanished from Polynesia after the arrival of a carnivorous foreign snail. But a global alliance of zoos has worked to bring them back.

If an enemy you were previously safe from turned up in your neighborhood, what would you do? That's a problem currently being faced by barnacles in northern Mexico, which are growing sideways to ...

While on a recent visit to the Chicago Botanic Garden, Ann Harness spotted a creature she’d never seen before. The tall brown bird with a long bill looked like a cross between a rail and a heron. It ...

After going nearly extinct in the 1990s, these tropical snails have made a fabulous comeback—highlighting the value of carefully planned, long-term conservation projects. Reading time 2 minutes ...

(FOX 5/KUSI) — Anya Stajner, a 5th-year Ph. D. candidate at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, is no stranger to sea creatures, but during a walk in late June along La Jolla Shores, she spotted ...

SAN DIEGO — San Diego beachgoers are getting a rare and colorful treat. Stunning violet sea snails have recently made a surprise appearance along La Jolla Shores, riding in on a warm ocean current.

QUEENS, New York -- They're slow, slimy and a menace to society. Such are the giant African snails discovered during a baggage examination at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City on ...

To stop snail fever, control the snails. That’s the takeaway of a new study of snail fever, or schistosomiasis, a tropical disease that affects more than 250 million people worldwide. It’s caused by a ...

Customs officials agents found a load of giant African snails — known as one of the most damaging snail species in the world — in a man’s luggage at JFK Airport this week. Customs and Border ...

Many animals change sex at some point in their lives, often after reaching a certain size. A type of snail called slipper limpet begins life as a male, and becomes female as it grows. A new ...