Researchers Delighted to Capture Rare Snail Threatened Species Laying an Egg From Its Neck for the First Time ...

At just three millimeters long, the newest addition to science’s catalog of life is easy to miss. But when a team of ...

The landmark moment was captured at the Hokitika Snail Housing facility (Lisa Flanagan/New Zealand Department of Conservation via AP) Scientists have captured footage of the reproductive habits of ...

A conservation ranger said she was gobsmacked to witness a captive snail laying an egg from its neck—a reproductive act well documented in other land snails but never filmed for this species.

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Rangers from New Zealand’s Department of Conservation caught Powelliphanta augusta laying an egg. 34,534 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?34,534 ...

In a world-first, a unique species of land snail has been filmed laying what resembles a tiny “hen’s egg” from its neck. Little is known about the strange species of New Zealand mollusc ...

Athletic, crocodile-like reptiles with bladed teeth made their last stand in the Caribbean as recently as 4.5 million years ago. New fossils unearthed in the Dominican Republic suggest the reptile ...

certain - that the locations where these snails were found have already been destroyed by deforestation and limestone quarrying, which are the major threats to locally endemic land snails in South ...

The slug’s close terrestrial cousin, the snail, is also present, but doesn’t seem to inflict nearly the amount of damage. Land snail (Tami Gingrich photo) Both slugs and snails are gastropods.