Armed with AI, study identifies prey from predator crunching sounds

Interactions between hard-shelled marine mollusks such as clams and snails and their predators play a critical but largely ...

Not coffee or vinegar - kitchen item essential for gardens in June

Coffee grounds can create a gritty surface around plants, while strong scents such as lavender, eucalyptus and geranium may ...
Daily Express

Gardeners urged to use eggshells this month to solve common problem

09:22, Mon, Jun 1, 2026 Updated: 09:38, Mon, Jun 1, 2026 Gardeners are being urged not to throw away their eggshells after breakfast as experts claim they could help stop slugs and snails destroying ...
Scientific American

Meet the endangered scaly-foot snail, the most metal animal in the world

Almost two miles beneath the waves of the Indian Ocean, a hydrothermal vent spews sulfur into the inky black waters. On its lip, a small snail is not only basking in the poison but converting it into ...
WLKY

The giant pink snails are on the move! See where they are now

Louisville's giant pink snails are on the move.They've been to places like Prospect, Norton Commons, and on Tuesday, we spotted two of them right off the corner of River Road and Zorn Avenue, not far ...
WLKY

Herds of (fake) massive, pink snails are inching toward Louisville. Here's why.

NASDAQ WAS UP 117 AND THE S&P WAS UP 29 POINTS. A UNIQUE ART INSTALLATION IS MAKING ITS WAY TO LOUISVILLE. HAVE YOU SEEN THESE GIANT PINK SNAILS ARE SLOWLY MAKING THEIR WAY FROM OLDHAM COUNTY TO ...
IFLScience

This Bizarre Marine Snail Engulfs Prey With Its Blob-Like Body And Uses Acid To Drill Through Their Shells

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...
Corpus Christi Caller-Times

These sea snails create bubble rafts to drift in the ocean

Strong onshore winds this week brought in one of the Gulf’s more unusual drifters, the purple sea snail. While riding my e-bike on the beach, I found around a dozen washed ashore, many of them still ...
The New York Times

Slowly, Slowly, ‘Darwin’s Finches of the Snail World’ Return From Near Extinction

Partula snails all but vanished from Polynesia after the arrival of a carnivorous foreign snail. But a global alliance of zoos has worked to bring them back. By Franz Lidz In Patricia Highsmith’s ...
Miami Herald

An invasive species once saved this Florida bird, but it’s disappearing

Wetlands provide habitat for apple snails, which attract endangered snail kites in the Everglades. Renee Bodine U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service The Everglades seldom benefit from invasive species.
WLRN

An invasive species once saved this bird. Now its disappearance is pushing it toward decline

The Everglades seldom benefit from invasive species. Burmese pythons have unraveled food webs for decades. Asian swamp eels threaten wading birds. Green iguanas damage landscapes and infrastructure.
Phys.org

The devastation of island land snails: Pacific leads global wave of extinctions, researchers find

A comprehensive new review paper reveals the staggering loss of biodiversity among island land snails globally. Lead author Robert Cowie of the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa's School of Ocean and ...