Snails

This parasite uses an army to suck out the guts of its enemies

This parasite uses an army to suck out the guts of its enemies

This parasite uses an army to suck out the guts of its enemies

Should you start slugging? Inside the hottest trend in skincare

Should you start slugging? Inside the hottest trend in skincare

Should you start slugging? Inside the hottest trend in skincare

How do shells get their shapes?

How do shells get their shapes?

How do shells get their shapes?

Snail mucus is a skin care phenomenon—but does it really work?

Snail mucus is a skin care phenomenon—but does it really work?

Snail mucus is a skin care phenomenon—but does it really work?

Great Pacific Garbage Patch is unexpectedly teeming with life

Great Pacific Garbage Patch is unexpectedly teeming with life

Great Pacific Garbage Patch is unexpectedly teeming with life

New snail species are world’s smallest

New snail species are world’s smallest

New snail species are world’s smallest

Delivering pollen to plants that need it, one way or the other

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Breakthroughs

Delivering pollen to plants that need it, one way or the other

Delivering pollen to plants that need it, one way or the other

Intensifying hurricanes are helping invasive species spread across the U.S.

Intensifying hurricanes are helping invasive species spread across the U.S.

Intensifying hurricanes are helping invasive species spread across the U.S.

‘World’s most beautiful snails’ threatened by illegal trade

Animals
Exposure

‘World’s most beautiful snails’ threatened by illegal trade

‘World’s most beautiful snails’ threatened by illegal trade

How this invasive snail could save your coffee from destruction

How this invasive snail could save your coffee from destruction

How this invasive snail could save your coffee from destruction

How these spiders use bubbles to live underwater

Animals
Weird Animal Question of the Week

How these spiders use bubbles to live underwater

How these spiders use bubbles to live underwater

World's slowest animals prove speed isn't everything

Photography
Exposure

World's slowest animals prove speed isn't everything

World's slowest animals prove speed isn't everything

Lonely George the tree snail dies, and a species goes extinct

Lonely George the tree snail dies, and a species goes extinct

Lonely George the tree snail dies, and a species goes extinct

Exclusive: Stunning snail found in dinosaur-era amber

Exclusive: Stunning snail found in dinosaur-era amber

Exclusive: Stunning snail found in dinosaur-era amber

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