All mollusks build their own shells, whether they live in water or on land. Creatures like snails, clams, oysters and mussels use an organ called a mantle to secrete layers of calcium carbonate ...

Snails come in a wide variety of sizes, shapes, and species, and they serve a key role in our environment. Not only do they ...

The snail’s shell defies the smooth spirals we associate with its kind. Instead, it folds into boxy, angular whorls, a shape ...

In the UK alone, there are 100 species of land snail, and that doesn’t even include the freshwater snails that live in our rivers ... I don’t know what a shell does to a snail to make it lovable,’ ...

Before the development of plastic, buttons were made from mussel shells. Freshwater pearls are still cultured by ... Mussels, which cannot see, must make a lure that mimics a juvenile fish, worm, ...

A ranger who has been caring for the snails for the last 12 years said it's the first time she's seen one lay an egg.

We turned it over to be weighed and saw the egg just starting to emerge from the snail." Conservation department scientist Kath Walker said hard shells made it difficult to mate—so some snails ...

The freshwater snail Helisoma trivolvis (above) has been our focal species for research on inducible defenses. In the presence of water bugs (left), snails allocate resources to shell coiling to avoid ...