Morning Overview on MSN

Island snails are vanishing as Pacific becomes ground zero for extinctions

Across the tropical Pacific, some of the planet’s most distinctive land snails are slipping out of existence, turning once ...
NBC Los Angeles

The ‘SNERCH' for snails begins, and SoCal's nature lovers can participate

Share your slug and snail findings and help science understand some of our slimy and spectacular local critters.
The Advocate

Snails and slugs are some of the ickier pests in the garden. Here's how to handle them.

Snails and slugs are common pests in gardens. They belong to the mollusk family along with oysters, and they crawl along over a thin layer of slime that they produce to ease their way. Snails carry a ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The History of the World in Seven Snails

For National Snail Day, museum research fellow Melissa Betters explores the mollusks’ notable nature Melissa Betters A shell from the Cuvier tropid snail, a terrestrial species native to Madagascar, ...