The Partula tohiveana snail was previously declared on the IUCN Red List as being extinct in the wild, but recently it’s been upgraded to critically endangered following a decades-long ...

Third, there was the “finished product” in the form of purple pottery fragments. Photos show the rare lavender-colored pigment and some of the broken snail shells. Researchers analyzed the ...

And the bizarre explanation stretches back to the ancient world and the exorbitant price of a rare sea snail. In the video, Mr Jackson explains: 'No country uses purple as a base for their flag or ...

rare creature is no longer extinct. The Partula tohiveana snail has been reclassified as critically endangered by the IUCN Red List after being previously declared extinct in the wild ...

A rare species of Polynesian tree snail previoulsy declared extinct in the wild has officially been downlisted thanks to decades of conservation efforts. Photo by the Zoological Society of London ...

Photo by Justin Hu via Unsplash On a small island in the South Pacific Ocean, a rare species once declared extinct in the ...