Viral TikTok shows woman's panic in Japan after she handled the shell of one of the world's deadliest snails. Cone snails use ...

Snails live all over the world, even in the ocean and in freshwater streams, lakes and marshes. They’re known both for their extreme slowness and for the houses (shells) they carry on their backs.

The bit of the snail that you can see outside of its shell, touching the ground, is called its foot. The snail moves the muscles in its foot in waves to move along the ground.

A snail is an equally comforting and discomfiting creature. Its ornamental shell is both a home and armor. Its glacial pace, often accompanied by a viscous sludge it leaves behind, make it a messy ...

According to DOC Senior Science Advisor Kath Walker, the snail’s hard shell is helpful when retreating from predators and keeping dry, but presents some problems.

A tiny new snail species discovered in Thailand has been named after legendary artist Pablo Picasso, due to the strange, complex geometric patterns seen on its shell.

If you see a live moon snail, it'll have a big, fleshy, purple foot that wraps around the outside of its shell when cruising on the sand. Where to find them ...

Volcano snail is one of the common names for Chrysomallon squamiferum, a species of deep-sea gastropod mollusk. The snail was first discovered in 2001 and was then referred to as the scaly-foot ...

A snail is an equally comforting and discomfiting creature. Its ornamental shell is both a home and armor. Its glacial pace, often accompanied by a viscous sludge it leaves behind, make it a messy ...

A snail is an equally comforting and discomfiting creature. Its ornamental shell is both a home and armor. Its glacial pace, often accompanied by a viscous sludge it leaves behind, make it a messy ...