Apple snails can sicken humans if they are eaten raw or undercooked. Their egg masses also contain a toxin which can cause skin and eye rashes. The apple snail, a harmful invasive species, has been ...

Snails are well-known for their lack of speed and their ability to upset gardeners. But there is growing scientific interest in the familiar sticky trail of slime they leave behind — and the medicinal ...

It was huge. Its light brown shell stood taller than the tip of my shoe. Its yellowish-green body stretched about an inch ...

Slimy invaders called apple snails vex the San Antonio River ecosystem so badly that a team of River Warriors rose up to fight them. And apparently, that's a mission that content creators are here for ...

As part of their project BioSCAN - devoted to the exploration of the unknown insect diversity in and around the city of Los Angeles - the scientists at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County ...

Editor's note: This is an occasional series from the Louisiana Master Naturalists of Greater Baton Rouge. That bright pink “bubblegum” you may see clinging to cypress knees along the banks of bayous ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (WGHP) — The N.C. Wildlife Resources ...

Researchers in Tunisia found the largest “worm lizard” that has ever lived with a feeding strategy that has remained consistent for millions of years. The recently identified Terastiodontosaurus ...

Jvyrose Mnialoh a student under Dr Kinoti at Jomo Kenyatta University of Science and Technology in Department of Horticulture and Food Security, displays some snails, during the ASK Show at Kabiruini ...

Scientists are discovering plenty of minute insects that are new to science, but they are still only guessing what the lifestyles of some of these species are. Scientists have now found out that one ...