Snails are awesome little creatures. They’re like slugs, but they have a protective shell that they can retract into when they feel threatened. The shell is essentially the snail’s protective home, ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.— Following a petition and lawsuit, the Center for Biological Diversity reached a settlement agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today requiring the agency to decide ...

Scientists have discovered a new, bright yellow snail in the Florida Keys, and they’re appropriately calling it the “margarita snail.” The lemon-colored snail was found in the depths of the only ...

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet initiative has ...

The 'Robert Irwin’s Banded Snail' has a dark brown body and a shell with black, dark brown and light brown colors Paul Archuleta/Getty; Courtesy of Australia Zoo Robert Irwin is following in the ...

A tiny new snail species discovered in Thailand has been named after legendary artist Pablo Picasso, due to the strange, complex geometric patterns seen on its shell. The species, measuring only 3 ...