Snail-Inspired Robot Aims to Combat Microplastic Pollution in Water Bodies

Medicine & Technology Dec 05, 2023

Scientists craft a robot inspired by Hawaiian apple snail to remove microplastics from water surfaces, addressing a gap in current cleanup methods. Continue reading to learn more.

Massive Deadly Snail Puts Areas in Florida Under Quarantine; How Dangerous Is the Giant African Land Snail?

Jun 22, 2023

Infestations of giant African land snails has led a County in Florida to go under quarantine. Read to learn more.

How Did This One Snail Species Evade Mass Extinction? World's Smallest Computer Helps Solve the Mystery

Jun 17, 2021

The world's smallest computer shed light on how one snail species evade the mass extinction of snails in the South Pacific Society Islands brought by an unusually fast predator.

Uninhabited Hawaiian Island Is Sole Refuge to Native Land Snail

Dec 08, 2020

Scientists have rediscovered the last species of the native Hawaiian land snail on the remote and uninhabited Nihoa island.