Across the tropical Pacific, some of the planet’s most distinctive land snails are slipping out of existence, turning once noisy, living forests into quieter, emptier places. Nowhere is that loss more ...
Land snail extinctions are accelerating across islands, exposing a devastating collapse of some of the world’s most fragile ...
A comprehensive new review paper reveals the staggering loss of biodiversity among island land snails globally. Lead author ...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A team of researchers on Kauai rediscovered two native land snails. “Godwinia caperata” and “Hiona exaequata” have both been unseen for nearly a century. Both were ...
ROMULUS, Mich. — Six giant African land snails have been found in the luggage of a traveler who flew to Michigan from the west African country of Ghana. The mollusks, which can carry diseases that ...
The welfare charity announced that the snails, whose normal habitat is among tropical wetlands and forests in sub-Saharan Africa, were discovered in a vivarium which was dumped in bushes near Ingram ...