The great pond snail is helping scientists make great leaps in their understanding of asymmetries in the animal kingdom. Paul Starosta/Corbis Whether it flies, walks or swims, nearly any given animal ...

Partula snails all but vanished from Polynesia after the arrival of a carnivorous foreign snail. But a global alliance of zoos has worked to bring them back.

Snails can be objects of fascination for kids playing outside. Lucky for the snails, they have their hard shells to protect them from children and predators alike. But are they born with that natural ...

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 ...

Symmetry is a feature of many plants, animals and even some molecules -- like water. But that's not the case with snails and their coiled shells. They are chiral -- asymmetrical in such a way that ...

If you look at a snail's shell, the chances are it will coil to the right. But, occasionally, you might find an unlucky one that twists in the opposite direction - as fans of Jeremy the lefty snail ...

In this episode of RTÉjr Radio's Let's Dive In, Julie and Phil join forces with Collie Ennis to find out how snails grow their shells. Collie Ennis, Zoologist extraordinaire and Critter Shed podcast ...