New treatments for diabetes and hormone disorders could come from an unexpected place: one of the world's most venomous animals.

Researchers have found nine new species of carnivorous land snails in the remote forests of Papua New Guinea.

Our lives are intertwined with animals, insects and birds – we should consider them more when we design our cities.

Snails use their slime to help them move, stop them drying out and to scare off predators.

The Blob, a long-lasting mass of warm water, sat off the Pacific coast of North America for years, bringing new species to formerly cold waters. What allows some to survive while others fade away?

Snails carrying the world's smallest computers have helped solve the mystery of a species that survived mass extinction, researchers report.

Rare left-coiled shells in garden snails turn out to be a developmental accident not an inherited trait.

Climate change could threaten the survival of the common whelk, a sea snail with the misfortune of living in one of Earth's fastest warming marine areas.

The rule of thumb about eating oysters in certain months of the year goes back at least 4,000 years, a new study shows.

To track schistosomiasis, researchers used to count snails—home to the worms that cause the disease. Drones might offer a better way.