A study by Dr. Martin Ebert and Dr. Martina Kölbl-Ebert examined the remains of some 4,200 Tharsis fossil specimens. They ...

We were given a behind-the-scenes look at the daily tasks assigned to the aquarists of the Bailey-Matthews National Shell ...

A shocking new study shows that 90% of freshwater fish in Southern California may be carrying parasites that can infect ...

Anxiety, the psychological and physiological state characterized by an anticipation of potential threats and a heightened ...

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

Scientists uncover rare parasitic snails living inside sea cucumbers in Japan—offering new insights into unusual animal relationships.

This rare preparation involves boiling, slicing, and charcoal grilling the snail with a powerful local fish sauce blend. It’s a bold, flavorful experience unlike any seafood I’ve tried before.

Many people gagged at the very idea. Snails, in our imaginations, occupy a transitional state somewhere between land and sea. Not quite shellfish, but of that same slimy gaggle of creatures.

“There is a plausible risk of transmission of H pumilio and C formosanus anywhere people eat freshwater fish from where the M tuberculata snail is present,” the researchers wrote. In the ...

As invasive snails continue to spread and more people eat freshwater fish in risky ways, the chances of local transmission increase. “This kind of research is so important to identifying new ...

Two snail-crushing cichlid species, Labrochromis mawe and mawepili, have been discovered in Tanzania’s Lake Victoria, thriving in rocky, illuminated habitats.