Deep-sea creatures are some of the most skilled survivalists in the world. They endure isolation, extreme temperatures, and ...

From JAMSTEC: Scaly foot–a spiral gastropod clad in iron sulfide scales Found only in an extremely limited region of hyrdothermal areas within the Indian Ocean, which is called “Kairei Field”. As the ...

From a visitor from England who visited Calgary on the way to Juneau, I learned about the Banff Springs snails, which live in thermal springs with temperatures up to just over a hundred degrees ...

In the ocean off the coast of Antarctica, a snail lives around scorching hydrothermal vents. Its name is Gigantopelta chessoia. From the outside, it looks like any other shelled slug. But on the ...

Snails have over 1,000 microscopic teeth. Some eat leaves, but different snails eat many different things, including other snails. Photo by Jennifer Schlick Of all the flora and fauna in the region, ...

In the past, the last thing that came to mind when I thought of snails and slugs was beauty. A little bit of disgust and maybe even fascination at best, but beauty? Today, things look rather different ...

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, ...