Snails can hide in their shells for months or even years, slowing metabolism and sealing in moisture to survive harsh ...

'Left-handed' and 'right-handed' shells of giant pond snails, Lymnaea stagnalis. ((Kuroda Laboratory)) Japanese researchers have created mirror-image snails whose shells coil in the opposite direction ...

To protect snails, avoid picking them up by their shells. Photo: Getty Images They slowly crawl through flower beds, across sidewalks and streets—and it’s not uncommon for people to want to help the ...

Snails live all over the world, even in the ocean and in freshwater streams, lakes, and marshes. They’re known both for their extreme slowness and for the houses (shells) they carry on their backs.

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Ned’s shell spirals to the left meaning it can only mate with another similar snail (Giselle Clarkson via AP) A hunt has been launched in New Zealand to find a suitable mate for Ned the snail. Ned, a ...

Whether in the garden, the forest, or on the sidewalk–many want to help the defenseless mollusks, such as when they risk being run over on the asphalt. Most would probably just pick up the snail by ...