You're bound to come across all kinds of snails when you're gardening, but there's one variety in particular that you should make sure you never touch.

After a dozen years dedicated to studying a rare species of carnivorous snail, Lisa Flanagan was thrilled to finally film the moment that, until recently, had been shrouded in mystery.

Yes, Assassin Snails are carnivorous and its favorite menu is no other than other snails. But if you’re keeping pet snails, kindly consider carefully before choosing these guys. If used properly, they ...

The snails take an extraordinary eight years to reach sexual maturity, and once they do, their reproductive rate is modest, laying only around five eggs per year.

The strange reproductive habits of a large, carnivorous New Zealand snail were once shrouded in mystery. Now footage of the snail laying an egg from its neck has been captured for the first time ...

A rare snail from New Zealand was filmed for the first time laying an egg through its neck, and experts said they "struck lucky" by capturing it all on camera.

An employee at New Zealand's Department of Conservation recorded the rare moment while caring for a snail from an endangered species.

Mount Augustus snails in particular carry out their mating with the help of a genital pore along their neck. This same opening is also where the snail’s eggs will emerge from.

Discover the unique Powelliphanta augusta snail, found only in New Zealand, known for laying eggs through its neck and its hermaphroditic nature.

They are carnivores that slurp up earthworms like noodles, and are some of the world’s largest snails, with oversized, distinctive shells in a range of rich earth colours and swirling patterns.

Like most snails, Powelliphanta are hermaphrodites and have both male and female genitalia. Even with both sets of genitalia, they usually mate with another snail to cross fertilize their eggs.

Now footage of the snail laying an egg from its neck has been captured for the first time, the country’s conservation agency said Wednesday.