For National Snail Day, museum research fellow Melissa Betters explores the mollusks’ notable nature Melissa Betters A shell from the Cuvier tropid snail, a terrestrial species native to Madagascar, ...

Snail shells are often colorful and strikingly patterned. This is due to pigments that are produced in special cells of the snail and stored in the shell in varying concentrations. Fossil shells, on ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

International researchers say they discovered a new species of snail in a piece of amber that is around 99 million years old. A study published in the peer-reviewed journal Cretaceous Research ...

On August 29, 2024, a fossilized snail, horse and early ancestor of modern primates made a short trip to space aboard the Blue Origin New Shepard rocket. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The recent launch of ...

Dinosaur fossils, a zombie hogfish, rewilding an endangered snail and bat flies in slo-mo. Follow NC paleontologists as they dig into the mystery of the most complete fossils of Triceratops and ...