A Snail’s Size Reveals How Many Cyclones It Outlived

Tree rings tell stories about forests, but scientists just found something far smaller carrying an even more detailed record ...
Forbes

Meet The Snail That Thrives Where Almost Nothing Else Can. Hint: It Has Armor Made Of Iron

In hydrothermal vent fields, a small snail evolved an iron-reinforced shell. Here’s how it challenges assumptions about nature’s toughest composites. A snail might seem an unlikely contender for the ...
VICE

How Snail Shells Could Help Scientists Track Storms From Prehistoric Times

Researchers linked growth spurts in a snail’s shell to 2 cyclones, suggesting shells could help uncover ancient storm tracks.
Science Daily

Scientists find two tiny new snails with shells that close like doors

Scientists discovered two tiny new snail species in Montenegro, showing that even Europe still holds animals unknown to science. One lives in the threatened Komarnica Canyon, where a proposed ...
Mashable

George is dead and his species likely extinct. It’s the loss of a ‘crown jewel of evolution.’

A one-inch Hawaiian snail is dead, and his species is likely gone forever. The New Year's Day death of the small, 14-year-old snail, named George by Hawaiian scientists, is yet another blow to the ...

Is the swirl on a snail poisonous?

When walking with children, I sometimes get asked really great questions.Like, "Is the round part of a snail poisonous?"That ...