The rims of mudflats at the high-tide line – “bathtub rings,” as one expert calls them – are tough on marine creatures. Poor in oxygen and sometimes flooded with fresh water, they can wreak havoc with ...

Shells of the freshwater gastropod Viviparus lentus from the Hampshire Basin, United Kingdom, hold clues to past climate. A major global cooling event 34 million years ago chilled land as well as sea, ...

If you look at a snail's shell, the chances are it will coil to the right. But, occasionally, you might find an unlucky one that twists in the opposite direction - as fans of Jeremy the lefty snail ...

Researchers in Japan have altered the destiny of a rout of snails by changing the chirality of their shells before birth. By delicately manipulating a batch of developing embryos, the scientists ...

Biologists have re-shaped the body design of snails. Exposure to platinum results in the formation of an internal shell instead of the normal external shell. During embryogenesis of the freshwater ...