Scientists say George, an inch-long mollusk about 14 years old, was most likely the last of Achatinella apexfulva, a species of land snail that lived only in Hawaii.

Dead snails also float to the surface, so scientists originally assumed all the floating snails were dead, only to learn many of them were simply waiting out the poison.

Dead snails have been washing up on the shores of many Brainerd area lakes. Lease's story continued, "The snail population of our lake has been on the rise for the last few years.

In the field of natural history a Lazarus species is one thought to be extinct which then seemingly comes back from the dead. And wildlife ecologist Mark Outerbridge has recently recounted his ...

The hungry scavenging snails, cannot wait for pleasantries, like a fish dying before they consume it. There is no predicting when the next food fall will arrive to their part of the seafloor. Within ...

At least, that’s the way Snails and Zeds Dead see the experience, illustrated through a mix of stirring melodies and maniacal glitches in a collaboration called “Magnets,” featuring further ...

. New York PostThis cartoon image provided by the New York Post appeared in the Post's Page Six Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009. The cartoon, which refers to Travis the chimp, who was shot to death by ...

Barbados fights giant snail invasionBRIDGETOWN, Barbados- Ravenous giant snails that emerge from the ground by night are thriving on the tropical island of Barbados, destroying crops and prompting ...

Your cartoonist showed an appalling lack of taste and decorum in critical Dec. 1 editorial cartoon on Henry Kissinger’s legacy, writes John Walton of Shaker Heights in a letter to the editor.

Hermit Crabs Are Attracted to the Smell of Their Own Dead, for One Very Morbid Reason Hermit crab gatherings may look like a funeral, but they have a selfish purpose.

Jeremy, the internationally known left-coiled-shell brown garden snail, has died, shortly after an equally left-coiled-shell mate was found.