After a dozen years dedicated to studying a rare species of carnivorous snail, Lisa Flanagan was thrilled to finally film the ...

Conservation rangers took a video of an endangered, captive snail laying a large egg, revealing insight into the creature’s reproductive process ...

In a video from New Zealand’s Department of Conservation (DOC), a small egg that looks a bit like a hen’s egg pops out of its ...

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.

P. augusta is also called the Mount Augustus snail, named after the only known habitat on New Zealand’s South Island where ...

F or the first time, footage has been recorded of the rare carnivorous New Zealand snail, Powelliphanta augusta, laying a ...

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

A snail was caught on camera laying an egg from its neck, giving researchers a rare glimpse into the reproductive life of the ...

The snails have an opening below their head to use for mating instead, Walker said, which is why they lay eggs through their neck. The breed is one of the country's highly-endangered species ...

What looks like a tiny hen’s egg is seen emerging from an opening below the head of the Powelliphanta augusta snail, a threatened species endemic to New Zealand. The video was taken at a ...