Deadly snail venom could make diabetes medicines better

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

Sophia Friesen - University of Utah • futurity
Sept. 17, 2024 ~7 min

Team finds 9 new species of tiny, meat-eating snails

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

Jerald Pinson-U. Florida • futurity
Jan. 9, 2024 ~7 min


Animal architecture: why we need to design buildings for wildlife as well as people

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

Paul Dobraszczyk, Lecturer in Architecture, UCL • conversation
March 2, 2023 ~6 min

Curious Kids: what is snail slime – and why is it shiny?

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

Alan Gunn, Principal Lecturer in Invertebrate Biology, Liverpool John Moores University • conversation
Oct. 27, 2022 ~5 min

Five years after largest marine heatwave on record hit northern California coast, many warm–water species have stuck around

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?

Sam Walkes, PhD Student in Ecology, University of California, Davis • conversation
Oct. 4, 2021 ~8 min

Snails toting world’s tiniest computers solve extinction mystery

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

Kate McAlpine-Michigan • futurity
June 15, 2021 ~7 min

How Jeremy the lonely snail showed that two lefts make a right

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

Angus Davison, Associate Professor and Reader in Evolutionary Genetics, University of Nottingham • conversation
June 3, 2020 ~5 min

Warming seas threaten mid-Atlantic sea snails

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.

Todd Bates-Rutgers • futurity
March 11, 2020 ~3 min


Eating oysters in ‘R months’ rule is 4,000 years old

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

Natalie van Hoose-Florida • futurity
Nov. 25, 2019 ~5 min

Drones keep an eye on tropical disease hotspots

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

Michelle Ma-Washington • futurity
Oct. 31, 2019 ~8 min

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