Pity the male of the marine whelk, Solenosteira macrospira. He does all the work of raising the young, from egg-laying to hatching -- even though few of the baby snails are his own. Throw in extensive ...

Some snails mature faster than others – even before they hatch. Microscopic images have captured those early milestones in a snail’s life in minute detail, revealing that a snail’s pace of development ...

OSCEOLA COUNTY—Scientists from the South Florida Water Management District have collected 9,000 apple-snail eggs from Lake Kissimmee as part of ongoing research to boost snail populations in the wild.

MOBILE, Ala. -- The telltale masses of pink eggs appearing around the water's edge mean Amazonian apple snails have emerged from their winter hibernation in the muck at the bottom of Langan Pond and ...