At just three millimeters long, the newest addition to science’s catalog of life is easy to miss. But when a team of malacologists stumbled upon the minute snail in a Thai national park, they noticed ...
A tiny new snail species discovered in Thailand has been named after legendary artist Pablo Picasso, due to the strange, complex geometric patterns seen on its shell. The species, measuring only 3 ...
The snail’s shell diameter averages about 22 to 30 millimeters (.87 to 1.18 inches). Each snail’s shell has a unique combination of stripes and colors, so no two are exactly alike. These snails eat ...
A woman visiting a local beach was walking along the tide admiring shells when she picked up one that could have had deadly repercussions. Sharing her story on TikTok, the woman shows herself finding ...
Ned, bottom, a pale-bodied snail who has a left-spiralling shell pictured with a right-spiralling snail in a small town in the Wairarapa, New Zealand, on Aug. 22, 2025. (Giselle Clarkson via AP) ...
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Each purple storm snail that washes ashore carries a story of remarkable survival at the ocean’s surface, Jace Tunnell writes ...
After spotting a beautiful shell, Beckylee Rawls didn't think twice about picking it up to get a closer look. What she never could have imagined was that she was actually holding one of the world's ...
This analytical technique utilises the stable isotopes preserved in land snail shells as reliable proxies for reconstructing past environmental and climatic conditions. The isotopic compositions, ...