When I bought my first mystery snails, I wasn’t thinking about business. I wasn’t thinking about customers, shipping boxes, or publicity of any kind. I just needed a solution for algae. A small ...

What began as a few creekside adventures has grown into a colorful and unexpected small business, centered entirely on snails. Lady Astrid’s Snails, owned and operated by Elyria resident Hali Hart, ...

I was walking along Humboldt Bay when I heard, “Psst. Hey!” A Lewis’s moon snail (Neverita lewisii) was calling me from a shallow pool in the tidal mudflat.  The snail said, “I want to enter the big ...

The snail lives in springs near the Thacker Pass mine, under construction in Nevada near the Oregon border. The Fish and Wildlife Service has launched an in-depth study of whether a teensy-tiny snail ...

Snails have over 1,000 microscopic teeth. Some eat leaves, but different snails eat many different things, including other snails. Photo by Jennifer Schlick Of all the flora and fauna in the region, ...