Snails
These animals have evolved to escape certain death
This parasite uses an army to suck out the guts of its enemies
Should you start slugging? Inside the hottest trend in skincare
How do shells get their shapes?
Snail mucus is a skin care phenomenon—but does it really work?
Great Pacific Garbage Patch is unexpectedly teeming with life
New snail species are world’s smallest
Delivering pollen to plants that need it, one way or the other
Intensifying hurricanes are helping invasive species spread across the U.S.
‘World’s most beautiful snails’ threatened by illegal trade
How this invasive snail could save your coffee from destruction
How these spiders use bubbles to live underwater
World's slowest animals prove speed isn't everything
Lonely George the tree snail dies, and a species goes extinct
Exclusive: Stunning snail found in dinosaur-era amber
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