500 snails mailed to Tahiti to reclaim their natural habitat

Partula snails are small, tree-dwelling native to islands in French Polynesia. In Polynesian cultural heritage, each unique ...

In 1989, just 26 tiny snails remained on a Pacific island after a disastrous human experiment. Now 17,000 are back

In 1989, just 26 Partula nodosa snails remained after a failed biological-control effort nearly wiped out the species. The ...
gachapolitan.com

蝸之殼《RPG-05 勇者 迅狼》可動人偶預售 全可動眼球2026年9月出貨

知名模型品牌 蝸之殼 Snail Shell 近日正式揭曉旗下「RPG-05 勇者 迅狼ウルフ」1/12 完成品可動人偶的預售資訊。這款延續冒險奇幻風格的作品預計於 2026 年 9 月 11 日出貨，本體售價為 8,580 日圓 ...
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Losing myself was harder than losing the money

In my previous article, I wrote about how I got hooked on gambling, became obsessed with boat racing, and gradually started letting go of my Pokémon cards. This time, I'm talking about what happened ...
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ここから、もう一回やり直す

前の記事で書いたように、俺はギャンブルにハマって、競艇にお金を使って、ポケモンカードまで少しずつ手放していった。 正直、自分でも嫌になった。 「何やってんねん俺。」 そう思う ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Snails Can Make Their Slime Sticky, Slippery, Foamy or Hard Depending on Their Needs. Here’s How They Tweak Their Multipurpose Mucus

Snails are famous for their slime, leaving trails of it wherever they go. But this mucus does more than make a mess. It’s a multipurpose tool whose texture can be tweaked to be slippery, sticky, foamy ...
stlpr

How a typhoon and peanut butter jars brought rare snails to St. Louis

An endangered humped tree snail moves while in custody of the St. Louis Zoo on Tuesday. The zoo recently announced that 34 endangered humped tree snails (Partula gibba) are now settling in at its ...