GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Scientists have described a new native Hawaiian land snail species, sounding a rare, hopeful note in a story rife with extinction. Pacific island land snails are among the ...
A decade ago, the only known surviving population of greater Bermuda land snails were discovered in an alleyway in the capital city of Hamilton, where they’d made a home on concrete slabs in the ...
Gov. Josh Green issued a proclamation declaring 2023 the “Year of the Kahuli,” honoring the colorful native tree snails that have played a significant role in the environment and culture. Considered ...
In the early 1990s, scientists worried that the greater Bermuda land snail—found only on the North Atlantic Ocean archipelago ...
FILE - A rout of giant African snails gather on Aug. 28, 2019, in a corner in Havana, Cuba. Invasive giant African land snails that can eat building plaster and stucco, consume hundreds of varieties ...
A new study describes nine new species of land snails lurking in leaf litter across PNG. The discovery results from an extensive countrywide survey undertaken after a gap of 60 years. The newly ...
The sole specimen of Achatinella apexfulva, a grayish-white tree snail once abundant on the island of Oahu is a sad symbol of just how ill-equipped we humans really are in the face of the loss of a ...
Auriculella gagneorum, a small candy-striped snail from Oahu's Waianae Mountains, represents the first new species of a living Hawaiian land snail described in 60 years. Scientists have described a ...