Snails and slugs are familiar and often reviled creatures in gardens, forests, and even underwater habitats. At first glance, the main difference seems obvious: snails have shells, slugs do not. But ...

Discover fascinating facts about land snails, from their unique tentacles and poor eyesight to why they move so slowly — all ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Catching a snail in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is very easy--you just have to wait for the right weather conditions. It is among a small ...

Animals, like humans, excel at some tasks but not others. Researchers used pond snails to investigate learning and memory. They found that if an individual is good at forming memories about food ...

Snail Shells Add a New Twist to the Mystery of Animal Asymmetries After more than a century of searching, scientists have discovered a gene in snails that may control asymmetries inside many animals ...

A nationwide campaign is underway in New Zealand to help a tiny snail find his perfect match. Most snails have right ...

An Animal Crossing fan shares their unique concept art for a series of snail Villagers in the popular life-simulation franchise.

Some animals kidnap sea snails to carry on their backs to help ward off predators. Researchers in Germany and Australia found that some animals will use the sea snail's ability to produce a ...

While people and many animals might look pretty symmetrical on the outside, inside our bodies we are all fundamentally asymmetric. Snails are similarly asymmetric in their appearance. Now ...

The snails have been released on a nature reserve on the northern Nonsuch Island, which has snail-friendly habitats and no evidence of the main predators that nearly caused the animal's demise.

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Catching a snail in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is very easy--you just have to wait for the right weather conditions. It is among a small ...

Snail Shells Add a New Twist to the Mystery of Animal Asymmetries After more than a century of searching, scientists have discovered a gene in snails that may control asymmetries inside many animals ...