This past week’s strandline delivered a spectacular mix of open-ocean drifters, man o’ wars, blue buttons, by-the-wind sailors and — tucked among them — one of my favorite finds: the purple storm ...

What a bunch of slimeballs! In just the latest major theft of a French national treasure, bandits slipped into a famous snail farm in northern France and snatched nearly 1,000 pounds of escargot worth ...

A French farm near the city of Reims, just 80 miles outside of Paris, reported a heist in which thieves made off with approximately $104,000 worth of snails used to ...

Bladder stones (vesical calculi) almost always form due to an underlying issue like urinary stasis, obstruction, or foreign bodies. High-risk populations include women with pelvic organ prolapse and ...

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's weekly health newsletter, CommonHealth. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. Bladder cancer hits men especially hard. The ...

After going nearly extinct in the 1990s, these tropical snails have made a fabulous comeback—highlighting the value of carefully planned, long-term conservation projects. Reading time 2 minutes ...

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 ...

MARSHALL, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation recently confirmed the presence of 150 invasive Chinese mystery snails in a mid-Missouri lake. MDC staff collected and removed more than 150 ...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, are warning people to be on the lookout for cannibals they fear may be slithering throughout Nashville. The “cannibal ...

The ability to regenerate lost body parts has long captured human fascination. Many creatures out in nature can perform feats of repair that far surpass our own abilities. For example, salamanders can ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...