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

While the snails' potential habitat adds up to around 0.1 square miles (0.3 square kilometers), the range where they are currently found covers just 0.008 square miles (0.02 sq km).

If it’s a cone, leave it alone — that’s what Beckylee Rawls learned after she went to the beach and held death in her hand ...

Under the quarantine, which covers about 3.5 square miles, it is illegal to move the snail or any vegetation, soil, ... striped shell, the giant African land snail is not your typical garden snail.

Beckylee Rawls, 29, showing the cone snail shells she's collected, and the one she found in Japan. @beckyleeinoki / TikTok. Once she realized it was still alive, she assumed it was "just a ...

New snail species with shell shaped like Picasso’s art discovered. Researchers propose a new method to classify snails based on shell geometry. Vishwam Sankaran. Monday 12 May 2025 12:21 BST.

FWC Snail Kite Conservation Coordinator Tyler Beck holds a native Florida Apple Snail shell at Lake Okeechobee in Moore Haven, Fla. on February 10, 2023. Sydney Walsh for NPR hide caption ...

She held it for about 30 seconds before noticing something inside: a live cone snail. Taken aback, Rawls replaced the shell in the water. She posted a few TikTok videos showing her misstep.

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 ...

While the snails' potential habitat adds up to around 0.1 square miles (0.3 square kilometers), the range where they are currently found covers just 0.008 square miles (0.02 sq km).

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.. The species, measuring only 3 ...