Scientists found a small animal in a river of Guangxi that uses its shell to “dance” and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Xu Cheng Wei and Yue Ming He via Chen, He, Wang and Pan ...

Ian Hughes is boosting one of the continent’s most at-risk species with science, his sons and some homemade T-shirts ...

Researchers have named two newly discovered freshwater snail species from Brazil after characters from The Lord of the Rings. In their research paper, the authors explain the name Idiopyrgus eowynae, ...

A Tiny Snail With Hair on Its Shell Is Disappearing From London and People Are Searching Riverbanks to Save It ...

In the southern hills of the Mexico state of Coahuila, water bubbles from below the surface to create crystal clear pools between the rocks. The freshwater springs are known as Los Chorros, the jets, ...

Environmentalists are urging federal officials to save a pair of Northwest species that you’ve probably never heard of. If you’ve seen one of them, you might have mistaken it for a pebble on the ...

Cuban snail (Polymita picta) world most beautiful land snails from Cuba , its known as "Painted Snails", rare, endangered and protected. Colorful snails, selective focus, copy space© Mark ...

Snails have shells the moment they're born, but it's kind of hard to tell. In fact, it's hard to even see a baby snail. Some are nearly microscopic, such as Angustopila psammion, whose adult-sized ...

Leeches might seem like relics of a bygone age of medicine, but they haven’t outlived their usefulness to people yet. The freshwater leech Helobdella austinensis can eat its weight in snails every day ...