Heliciculture has become one of the newest and fastest growing industries in the United States. Heliciculture, the process of snail farming, is being developed by a number of individuals. The market ...

A new study from The American Naturalist studies some very fast snails and their success at long-distance colonization. Introduced into the rivers of the Martinique islands less than twelve years ago, ...

For millions of people with diabetes, insulin is essential medicine. But for some ocean-dwelling predators, insulin is a weapon. With a burst of venom, a fish-hunting cone snail can drop the blood ...

A Florida county is under quarantine due to the discovery of a fast-growing population of invasive giant African land snails. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) ...

Apart from gastronomy, I've only ever heard the word "snail" used once without eliciting a growl from gardeners. The noted exception is Vigna caracalla, otherwise known as snail flower or corkscrew ...

“Turbo,” the DreamWorks Animation feature about a snail that wins the Indiana-polis 500, was a moderately successful effort to distill the spirit of America’s commercialized sports culture into a ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — What do diabetics and some sea snails have in common? They both use insulin to survive. About 8% of Utahns rely on insulin injections to manage their blood sugar. And ...