“I personally love my milk snail, Gary,” says Gietl, who is 23 and lives in Willis, about fifty miles north of Houston. “A ...

The Janthina species are known for their vibrant color and unique floating ability. They are typically found in tropical seas ...

The humble Garden Snail is a large and slow-roaming critter you'll come across early in your jaunt around the new park of ...

Janthina sea snails, a rare tropical species, have been discovered on San Diego beaches for the first time in a decade.

Beachgoers in San Diego may have spotted some glistening, purple shells reminiscent of small gemstones in the sand recently.

Whether in the garden, the forest, or on the sidewalk–many want to help the defenseless mollusks, such as when they risk being run over on the asphalt. Most would probably just pick up the snail by ...

The ingenious minds at Primitive Technology substitute snail shells for limestone, revealing their utility in making building mortar in the wild.

There is a remarkable snail with breathtakingly beautiful shells that can only be found in Cuba. It is not native to any other Caribbean island. Sadly, their beautiful shells make the snail highly ...

We were given a behind-the-scenes look at the daily tasks assigned to the aquarists of the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium.