Scientific American

Meet the endangered scaly-foot snail, the most metal animal in the world

Almost two miles beneath the waves of the Indian Ocean, a hydrothermal vent spews sulfur into the inky black waters. On its lip, a small snail is not only basking in the poison but converting it into ...
WHAS11 News

Giant pink snails are 'migrating' through Louisville. Here's why.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — No, you aren't seeing things, there really is a herd of giant pink snails creeping across Louisville. The art installation will move more than 35 miles over the next four weeks, ...
The Courier-Journal

Pink snails are slowly making their way toward Louisville. Here's why

Thirty-five large, pink snails have started their journey from Woodland Farm in Goshen to downtown Louisville ahead of Steve Wilson’s Kentucky Derby Eve party. The Pink Snail Migration, which ...
WLKY

Herds of (fake) massive, pink snails are inching toward Louisville. Here's why.

NASDAQ WAS UP 117 AND THE S&P WAS UP 29 POINTS. A UNIQUE ART INSTALLATION IS MAKING ITS WAY TO LOUISVILLE. HAVE YOU SEEN THESE GIANT PINK SNAILS ARE SLOWLY MAKING THEIR WAY FROM OLDHAM COUNTY TO ...
Corpus Christi Caller-Times

These sea snails create bubble rafts to drift in the ocean

Strong onshore winds this week brought in one of the Gulf’s more unusual drifters, the purple sea snail. While riding my e-bike on the beach, I found around a dozen washed ashore, many of them still ...
The New York Times

Slowly, Slowly, ‘Darwin’s Finches of the Snail World’ Return From Near Extinction

Partula snails all but vanished from Polynesia after the arrival of a carnivorous foreign snail. But a global alliance of zoos has worked to bring them back. By Franz Lidz In Patricia Highsmith’s ...
The Guardian

Bermuda snail thought to be extinct now thrives after a decade’s effort

Special pods at Chester zoo helped conservationists breed and release more than 100,000 greater Bermuda snails A button-sized snail once feared extinct in its Bermudian home is thriving again after ...
Forbes

Meet The Snail That Thrives Where Almost Nothing Else Can. Hint: It Has Armor Made Of Iron

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. In hydrothermal vent fields, a small snail evolved an iron-reinforced shell. Here’s how it ...
Indiatimes

Geographer Cone Snail: World’s deadliest snail with beautiful shell and deadly venom can kill humans within hours

The Geographer Cone Snail, a beautiful but deadly ocean predator, uses a potent neurotoxic venom delivered via a harpoon-like tooth to paralyze prey instantly. While its sting can be fatal to humans, ...
Indiatimes

Spotted in city: Invasive snail species poses health risks

Chennai: The Giant African Snail (Lissachatina fulica), one of the world's worst invasive species and a known carrier of parasites that can cause brain inflammation in humans, has infested parts of ...
The Washington Post

Ned the lefty snail has a 1-in-40,000 shot at a mate. Cue a national search.

In a world that swipes right for love, one lonely snail in New Zealand is looking for a match that can swipe left — and Kiwis across the country are now searching for love in the dampest of places, ...