They say life imitates art, but any scientist knows that the best designs imitate life. Researchers from the MIT Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN) are drawing new biomimicry inspiration for ...

The general shape of an animal is written in its genes — but the humble snail can adapt its shell to defend against predators. Bourdeau, knowing that shell shape varies, wondered if prey such as the ...

Bold snails are built to be tough. A close look at bold snails’ shells reveals that they are rounder, thicker and more bite-resistant than shy snails’ shells. This finding, published online April 22 ...

Tiny snails can survive being eaten by birds—and the gastropods come out the other end perfectly healthy, a recent study says. Researchers studying feces of wild Japanese white-eye birds had noticed a ...

This is a house... and a skeleton. But you probably know it as a snail shell. Snails are actually born with their shells when teeny tiny snails hatch out of their eggs, they already have a shell ...

For National Snail Day, museum research fellow Melissa Betters explores the mollusks’ notable nature Melissa Betters A shell from the Cuvier tropid snail, a terrestrial species native to Madagascar, ...