A woman has been lauded after she went to extraordinary lengths to rescue the life of a tiny creature her partner nearly accidentally killed. Most people would inadvertently harm a snail or small ...

A snail's shell that protects it from attacks underwater could provide clues for designing improved body armor to guard human soldiers, a new study suggests. The research involved an unusual sea snail ...

Snails have shells the moment they're born, but it's kind of hard to tell. In fact, it's hard to even see a baby snail. Some are nearly microscopic, such as Angustopila psammion, whose adult-sized ...

Snail shells coil in response to a lopsided protein gradient across their shell mantles, finds new research. In contrast the shell mantle of limpets, whose shells do not coil, have a symmetrical ...

Skincare that contains byproducts from a snail, such as snail secretion filtrate, have been receiving rave reviews in the past few years - in particular the COSRX Advanced Snail Mucin essence - thanks ...