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 ...

MOBILE, Ala. -- The telltale masses of pink eggs appearing around the water's edge mean Amazonian apple snails have emerged from their winter hibernation in the muck at the bottom of Langan Pond and ...

Pity the male of the marine whelk, Solenosteira macrospira. He does all the work of raising the young, from egg-laying to hatching — even though few of the baby snails are his own. The surprising new ...

Did you have an aquarium when you were growing up – or do you have one now? Did you have snails in it? In nature, our rivers, creeks and lakes are filled with freshwater snails … or were until ...