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For more than 100,000 years, coastal communities have harvested abalone (genus Haliotis). These gastropods, which are found ...
Stone snail-crushers, like all other Labrochromis found in Lake Victoria, are known as “mouthbrooding care giver (s),” ...
Of all the flora and fauna in the region, snails are not one I think about very often. On hikes, they fall into the “just” ...
Of all the flora and fauna in the region, snails are not one I think about very often. On hikes, they fall into the “just” ...
These giant carnivorous land snails are native only to Mount Augustus on the West Coast of New Zealand, and are an endangered species that nearly vanished after their natural habitat was destroyed ...
The research describes 46 new species of microsnails from Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. These are tiny land snails with shell sizes less than 5 mm, found mostly in Southeast Asia, ...
The species, measuring only 3 millimetres (0.1 ... The study highlights these major threats that locally endemic land snails face in Southeast Asia.
Commonly found in backyard gardens throughout the world, snails live a very interesting life. But how long do snails live, and what is the average life cycle like for a snail? These creatures are very ...
It’s ironic that it took the approval of a foreign emperor who had just conquered Napoleon to restore luxury status to ...
Oysters and escargot are recognised as luxury foods around the world – but they were once valued by the lower classes as ...
The spectacular scene was captured by chance but holds immense value for species conservation ... to Save Endangered Snail The Mount Augustus snail is one of the largest land snails in the ...