The snail’s shell diameter averages about 22 to 30 millimeters (.87 to 1.18 inches). Each snail’s shell has a unique combination of stripes and colors, so no two are exactly alike. These snails eat ...

Kendall Powell is a freelance writer in Boulder, Colorado. In my laboratory at the University of Oriente, in Santiago de Cuba, we study the six species of Polymita, known as painted snails, which are ...

Adorned with colorful glass “jewels,” this miniature brass snail’s shell was striking enough to fetch $51 at auction. In real life, snails are unwelcome pests. But this one brings the shine of brass ...

Confusion surrounding the identity of the Painted Rocksnail, a species listed as federally threatened, has been cleared up after over 100 years of mistaken identity. Researchers determined that ...

Research teams from the Academia Sinica and National Taiwan University have documented the first discovery of five freshwater ...

A team of British and Cuban scientists has embarked on a mission to save several species of snail whose unique beauty has threatened their very existence. Polymita snails, native only to the forests ...

Alabama has some of the highest diversity of freshwater snails in the world, but many snails are at high risk of extinction. An essential part of determining extinction risk is knowing the range of a ...