Smithsonian Magazine

Scientists Once Thought This Snail Was Extinct. But a Surprising Discovery and Decade-Long Conservation Effort Revived the Species

In the early 1990s, scientists worried that the greater Bermuda land snail—found only on the North Atlantic Ocean archipelago ...
Forbes

Snail Called Picasso Joins List Of Species Named After Artists

A tiny snail was recently named after painter Pablo Picasso. It’s one of many species named after celebrities or artists, but some researchers question whether species should be named after people at ...
The Royal Gazette

Success for snail species saved from near-extinction

A conservation journal is to release a study on an endemic Bermuda snail once thought to be extinct. A small colony of ...
WUWF

An invasive species once saved this bird. Now its disappearance is pushing it toward decline

The Everglades seldom benefit from invasive species. But now, as non-native apple snails disappear, the endangered Everglades bird, the snail kite, is paying the price.
People

Robert Irwin Is 'Thrilled and Honored' for New Snail Species Discovered in Australia to Be Named After Him

The 'Robert Irwin’s Banded Snail' has a dark brown body and a shell with black, dark brown and light brown colors Paul Archuleta/Getty; Courtesy of Australia Zoo Robert Irwin is following in the ...

The world's largest snail is nearly one meter long and almost as heavy as a three-year-old child

A pet snail in West Sussex once stunned record keepers with a 27.3cm shell, yet ocean species grow far larger. So which snail truly claims the crown for size?