The snail shell is an integral part of the creature ... It’s not abundantly clear who first said the term “snail mail,” but we do know why it joined the popular lexicon.

The picture shared online doesn’t make clear whether the shell had a live snail inside, or if it was simply an empty shell. Either way, experts were all in agreement that picking up any objects ...

In brief: they've grown thicker shells. The paper documents two sets of field experiments, conducted 20 years apart, measuring the thickness and plasticity in samples of tidal snails. The first ...

All mollusks build their own shells, whether they live in water or on land. Creatures like snails, clams, oysters and mussels use an organ called a mantle to secrete layers of calcium carbonate ...