Snails on a tiny rocky islet evolved before scientists’ eyes. The marine snails were reintroduced after a toxic algal bloom wiped them out from the skerry. While the researchers intentionally brought ...

As skincare enthusiasts, we are no strangers to off-beat ingredients (hello, salmon sperm facials), but snail mucin might just top the list. The idea of slathering snail secretions on your face ...

A team of researchers led by SNSB paleontologist Gertrud Rößner has discovered a new prehistoric dolphin species. Analyses of ...

Optical illusion personality tests leverage the fascinating interplay between visual perception and cognitive traits. It is a common understanding that our perception of optical illusions ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Australian writer-director Adam Elliot’s celebrated “claymation biographies” are definitely not for children. They’re ...

The 30-second spots display the newspaper headline “Traffic slowed a whole lot in 2023,” along with traffic snarls, a bus and a couple of snails. The punchline? If I-2117 passes, travelers ...

‘I love snails and slugs! I just think they’re fascinating,’ says Jon Ablett, our Curator of Molluscs. ‘They’re an unnoticed part of our biodiversity, so it’s my mission to make people look around and ...

A 30-year-long study of a small population of marine snail shows how evolution can adapt to environmental changes quite rapidly. This study revealed how a specific ecotype of the snail changed its ...

This is the dismal, strange, and wondrous path trodden by director, writer, and production designer Adam Elliot in his brilliant film Memoir of a Snail. Having long dwelled in narratives that ...

An expedition to a volcanically active ridge in the Pacific off South America has revealed worms, snails, giant tubeworms and other strange creatures lurking below steamy underwater hot springs.