The man collected the seashell while snorkeling in Egypt's Red Sea, totally unaware that the shell was teeming with life.

Over the past two decades, the Gulf of Maine has become a popular landing spot for invasive species from across the world, says Geoffrey Trussell, an evolutionary biologist and professor at ...

Beige- and cream-colored stripes cover the snail’s spiraled shell, which protects the snail from predators and prevents it from drying out. Partula snails went extinct in the wild because of ano ...

Some people also call them mystery snails or spike-topped apple snails ... using a special “lid” (the operculum) to seal their shells and avoid drying out while they wait out the dry periods ...

No Limits for the Snail Shell: University of Science and Technology of China Hosts Epic Guinness Challenge ...

‘I’m always amazed that people hate slugs so much. I don’t know what a shell does to a snail to make it lovable,’ says Jon. Slugs actually do have a shell, but it’s internal. Their shell has been ...