Snails seem like slow, unassuming animals until you meet the cone snail. This mollusk packs a punch as one of the most ...

All mollusks build their own shells, whether they live in water or on land. Creatures like snails, clams, oysters and mussels use an organ called a mantle to secrete layers of calcium carbonate ...

A tiny new species of snail with an unusual shell has been named after the painter Pablo Picasso. Researchers who discovered the three-millimetre creature say they came up with the name because ...

This helps the snail glide along surfaces and, along with snail waste, leaves behind a silvery trail. Snails carry a spiral ...