Snails have a reputation for being slow, with poor eyes that can barely see the world around them. But conch snails defy these expectations with eyesight as good as some vertebrates. These marine ...

The scaly-foot snail, or volcano snail, possesses something unique among gastropods: a coat of protective armor covering its foot, made from hundreds of overlapping iron-infused scales. It fortifies ...

This Election Day your federal government is making sure to only focus on the most pressing issues of our time, like edible sea snails. Federal regulators denied a request by environmental groups ...

Scientists have made some startling discoveries about the ‘teeth’ of one species of marine snail — the limpet. Limpet teeth are used to break down rock so that the sea-going snail can get to the food ...

For National Snail Day, museum research fellow Melissa Betters explores the mollusks’ notable nature Melissa Betters A shell from the Cuvier tropid snail, a terrestrial species native to Madagascar, ...