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

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

The tale of Hawaiian land snails began millions of years ago as the first plants and animals began to colonize the islands. Researchers don’t know exactly how snails arrived – perhaps stuck to the ...

The pace of life typically slows in panhandle Florida as the temperature rises. For the youth, the exhilaration of freedom from the daily schooling grind passes into a leisurely lull requiring ...

Bugs are actually an essential part of nature. But when they feed on our plants, stored foods, wood, fabric, us humans, and our animals, they become a problem. Less than one percent of bugs are pests.

In Patricia Highsmith’s unnerving 1964 short story “The Snail-Watcher,” a broker’s quiet fascination with breeding garden snails curdles into a terrifying biological reckoning that ends with him ...

A rare Hawaiian tree snail returns to the forest after decades of extinction in the wild, marking a key conservation milestone. A rare Hawaiian tree snail has returned to native forest habitat on ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Island land snails are facing a serious threat of extinction, according to a new study from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Researchers found extinction rates for island ...

The predatory flatworm Platydemus manokwari in the Ogasawara Islands, head on right, length ca 8 cm. Along with rosy wolf snails and rats, these invasive flatworms have had a devastating impact on ...

The wild-born adults of the species previously declared extinct from its natural habitat were found on the island of Moorea in French Polynesia. Photo by Justin Hu via Unsplash The summaries below ...

Scientists Shell-ebrate After Bringing Snail Back From Extinction. A rare species of Polynesian tree snail once believed to be extinct in the wild has been officially reclassified as critically ...