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Two giant albino land snails were "lucky" to survive after they were abandoned by a previous owner. The pair were found in a ...

Tiny tropical snails with beautiful, jewel-like shells are going extinct almost as fast as scientists can discover them. The minute mollusks, which average just 1 to 3 millimeters long, are members of ...

Keeping an aquarium is a challenging, yet deeply rewarding experience. You not only have to take care of the fish by giving ...

A rare snail species that had likely become extinct in the wild was recently reintroduced to the Hawaiian landscape. Known as Achatinella fuscobasis, the snail species had dwindled to only 11 ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract I studied the feeding behavior of marked individuals of the carnivorous marine snail Thais melones in a rocky shore habitat along the Pacific ...

(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 ...

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 ...

Tropical Storm Melissa has stalled in territorial waters in the Caribbean and is expected to linger for another week.