More formally referred to as Clea Helena, Assassin Snails go by their ‘hit-snail ... laying around a dozen eggs at a time. Falling into the shellfish category, clams aren’t there just ...

A ranger who has been caring for the snails for the last 12 years said it's the first time she's seen one lay an egg.

A rare snail has been filmed laying an egg through its neck for the first time, offering a glimpse into the species’ unusual ...

The meat and snail eggs can be consumed as escargot (as menu on the table) and as a delicacy. Raising snails for food is called heliculture. Snails are hermaphroditic and this means that each ...

Take, for example, a curious little snail species you’ve probably never heard of. It has a truly baffling biological quirk: it lays its eggs through an opening in its neck. Just let that sink in ...

Conservationists have been caring for the snails for two decades, but for the first time have seen how one lays an egg.

The snails lay roughly five eggs annually, which can take longer than a year to hatch, per a news release. Senior science advisor for New Zealand's conservation department, Kath Walker ...

How do snails mate and lay eggs? “Powelliphanta have solved this by having an opening (a genital pore) on the right side of their body just below their head so that the snail only needs to peek ...

Each snail takes eight years to reach sexual maturity, after which it lays about five eggs a year. The egg can take more than a year to hatch. "Some of our captive snails are between 25 and 30 ...

Each snail takes eight years to reach sexual maturity, after which it lays about five eggs a year. The egg can take more than a year to hatch. “Some of our captive snails are between 25 and 30 ...