Can a new trick get rid of the giant snails along the River Walk?

The San Antonio River Authority is installing plastic barriers to try to stop invasive apple snails from laying their piles ...

Queen conch's hopping behavior helps set new conservation guidance

A new study published in Conservation Biology examines the behavior and distribution of queen conch (Aliger gigas) to guide ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Sharklike Fish With Weird, Buzz-Saw Jaws Sliced Through the Seas, Then Vanished. Now, Paleontologists Are Unraveling Their Secrets

These "total monsters of fishes" are extinct today, though new clues about their lives come from CT scans and their closest ...
EurekAlert!

Hop to it: research from Shedd Aquarium tracks conch movement to set new conservation guidance

A new study published in Conservation Biology examines the behavior and distributions of queen conch (Aliger gigas) to guide ...
CAI

Could moon snails, neon flying squid fisheries save the scallop industry? Some local scientists are hopeful

Have you ever eaten moon snails? Or neon flying squid? Chances are the answer is no. But some local scientists are hoping ...
BBC

French farm has €90,000 worth of snails stolen

Thieves have stolen €90,000 (£79,000; $104,000) worth of snails from a farm in northern France that supplies gourmet restaurants. L'Escargot Des Grands Crus in Bouzy, near Reims, said it had been ...
Hindustan Times

From Guppy to Discus: 5 stunning freshwater fish that make any aquarium look alive and bright

Keeping an aquarium at home has become popular over the years, and one of the main reasons is the joy of watching colourful fish swim around. Whether you are a first-time hobbyist or someone with ...
Daily Mail

Shell-shocked: Thieves steal €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for country's top restaurants for Christmas

France was stunned after thieves took off with some of the country’s finest historic jewellery from the Louvre museum last month. And it’s now been left shell-shocked by an even more slippery case - ...
Metro

Experts are on a mission to save some weirdly hairy German snails – here’s why

Conservationists are working to save a rare snail species found along the riverside of the Thames in London (Picture: PA) If you go down to the Thames today you might find a nice surprise – a hairy ...
London Evening Standard

Snail farms run out of central London offices in £370k tax avoidance scheme

Boxes of snails have been found in empty central London offices by council officers investigating property owners allegedly avoiding tax. Crates of gastropods were discovered in the West End after ...
Fox2Now St. Louis

150 invasive Chinese mystery snails found in mid-Missouri lake

MARSHALL, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation recently confirmed the presence of 150 invasive Chinese mystery snails in a mid-Missouri lake. MDC staff collected and removed more than 150 ...
Metro

Even snails can’t escape after someone paints an England flag on its shell

That’s one shell of a way to spread English patriotism. Flag-loving painters have ditched roundabouts and zebra crossings, instead turning their attention to… snails. Now one social media user has ...