Q: I was cleaning out my shed and found a big pile of empty snail shells in the corner. No snails or shells anywhere else — just in that corner. What gives? A: Probably rats. They like to eat snails ...

Faced with an incoming predator, most snails don't really have a lot of options other than to retreat into their shells. But scientists have discovered that members of a certain species won't take ...

Recently, Beckylee Rawls and her husband went tidepooling in Okinawa, Japan, where they live While exploring the pools, the project manager noticed something unusual: the top of a beautiful shell.

Hermit crabs are more than happy to let snails build them a perfect home. Hermit crabs are obsessed with snail shells. These crafty little crabs, found in California's rocky intertidal zone, are more ...

Sea butterflies flit through the ocean on gossamer wings, each species with a style of its own. These tiny marine snails, or thecosomes, migrate up to surface waters at night to feed and sink to ...

“Thanks to a computer failure, I rediscovered pictures of a full-grown trumpet snail eating a white sea cucumber,” writes Susan Scott. The trumpet snail’s body is as remarkable as its house, having ...

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 ...

MUKILTEO, Wash. – In a dark fish tank at a government-run lab, a striking sea snail slowly inches from its hiding spot. It’s a pinto abalone, and its numbers are dangerously low in Washington state ...

Q. I was cleaning out my shed and found a big pile of empty snail shells in the corner. No snails or shells anywhere else — just in that corner. What gives? Probably rats. They like to eat snails and ...

Pretty much all of the natural world delights me. But if I were to create a list of favorite creatures, the garden snail would be near the top. Finding a snail, not only away from the seashore, but in ...