The disease is as old as the pharaohs -telltale traces remain in mummies 3,000 years old—but to the dismay of public health doctors, it is more prevalent than ever. Schistosomiasis, bilharziasis, ...

In hydrothermal vent fields, a small snail evolved an iron-reinforced shell. Here’s how it challenges assumptions about ...

Land snail extinctions are accelerating across islands, exposing a devastating collapse of some of the world’s most fragile ...

Four and twenty tailors went to kill a snail . . . Run, tailors, run, or she’ll kill you all e’n now. —Old Nursery Rhyme The sluggish snail has turned out to be far more deadly than the anonymous poet ...

A scientific journey that began with a lovelorn snail has provided new information regarding the cause of that snail's rare shell. The lovesick gastropod was a garden snail called Jeremy, named after ...