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Scientists uncover rare parasitic snails living inside sea cucumbers in Japan—offering new insights into unusual animal relationships.

The cone snail delivers a venomous sting capable of paralyzing — or even killing — humans Recently, Beckylee Rawls and her husband went tidepooling in Okinawa, Japan, where they live While exploring ...

Snail hibernation, scientifically known as estivation or dormancy, is a fascinating survival mechanism that allows these mollusks to endure unfavorable environmental conditions. Unlike mammals that ...

Snail shell. Image via Unsplash A snail’s shell serves as more than just a permanent home—it’s a sophisticated survival structure that plays a critical role during hibernation. Made primarily of ...

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.

Many people gagged at the very idea. Snails, in our imaginations, occupy a transitional state somewhere between land and sea. Not quite shellfish, but of that same slimy gaggle of creatures.

A dedicated cult exists to appease this deity and mitigate the repercussions for offenders. ‘Land snail’ is the common name for terrestrial gastropod molluscs that have shells.

The Mount Augustus snail "only needs to peek out of its shell to do the business," she said. The long-lived snails can grow to the size of a golf ball and their eggs can take more than a year to ...

Environment Animals Wildlife Watch a snail lay an egg…from its neck The rare, hermaphroditic snail is only found in New Zealand. By Laura Baisas Published May 7, 2025 9:49 AM EDT ...