Home aquarium owners face many potential challenges. One common issue is invasive snails. Different species like trumpet ...

Apple snails are pretty popular in aquariums, especially species like Pomacea bridgesii and Pomacea diffusa. People like them ...

Likely introduced to the southeastern U.S. through the aquarium trade, certain species of Apple snail have established populations in Florida, Georgia, Texas and Louisiana, according to the agency.

Page said DNR does not know how the species arrived in Lake Lanier, but said their continued presence in certain food markets and aquariums in the U.S. could be to blame.

To that end, the aquarium on Thursday released an inaugural Marine Species Report Card, a collaborative effort that assesses the population status of 30 species found on the California coast.. The ...

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources is urging caution after invasive snail species in the state were found to harbor a parasite that can cause illness in humans.

Hawaii's native tree snails, known as the "jewels of the forest," are rapidly disappearing. Some of the most imperiled only live in human care now, safeguarded 24 hours a day.

A snail named after painter Pablo Picasso is one of many species named after artists, but some researchers question whether species should be named after people at all.

New snail species with shell shaped like Picasso’s art discovered. Researchers propose a new method to classify snails based on shell geometry. Vishwam Sankaran. Monday 12 May 2025 12:21 BST.

Each snail takes eight years to reach sexual maturity, after which it lays about five eggs a year. The egg can take more than a year to hatch. “Some of our captive snails are between 25 and 30 ...

Since 1990, the St. Louis Zoo has played an instrumental role in bringing Tahitian snails back from the brink of extinction. Few species that have gone completely extinct have been successfully ...

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