Snails have shells the moment they're born, but it's kind of hard to tell. In fact, it's hard to even see a baby snail. Some are nearly microscopic, such as Angustopila psammion, whose adult-sized ...

Symmetry is a feature of many plants, animals and even some molecules -- like water. But that's not the case with snails and their coiled shells. They are chiral -- asymmetrical in such a way that ...

Jeremy the snail wasn't like most of his fellow gastropods. His particularly unique spiraled shell has left a mark on science history. Discovered in 2016 in London, Jeremy immediately stood out to ...

Researchers in Japan have altered the destiny of a rout of snails by changing the chirality of their shells before birth. By delicately manipulating a batch of developing embryos, the scientists ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The animal kingdom is full of creatures that make themselves look bigger to ward off predators, but marine scientists have found a tiny sea snail that puts on its own light ...