Rare species — once declared extinct in the wild — rediscovered in French Polynesia
On a small island in the South Pacific Ocean, a rare species once declared extinct in the wild has been rediscovered. Partula ...
A Hare, a Fox, an Owl, a Snail: Animal Memoirs Are Going Wild
Books about writers’ dogs and cats are a literary staple. Now there’s a booming subset of memoirs about writers’ ...
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Rare Creature Declared Extinct Returns to Wild as Critically Endangered Species After Massive Conservation Effort
The Partula tohiveana snail has been reclassified as critically endangered by the IUCN Red List after being previously declared extinct in the wild, according to a release from the Zoological ...
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Learn about snails with a roundup of snail facts. Discover what snails eat, when they get shells, how long they sleep and how ...
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This Pet Snail’s Favorite Thing To Do? “Parasnailing”
Watch as a tiny pet snail uses a leaf to parasnail around its aquarium. While rarely seen, the activity is common for snails ...
Diver survives close encounter with sea souvenir: “Cone snails are very venomous and dangerous to humans”
A snorkeler in Egypt's Red Sea had a near escape after encountering one of the most venomous animals on earth.
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For the love of snails and slugs
After arthropods, molluscs – the group that snails and slugs belong to – are the second biggest phylum of animals on the planet. In the UK alone, there are 100 species of land snail, and that doesn’t ...
Why medieval animal art has gone viral on social media
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Rare species — once declared extinct in the wild — rediscovered in French Polynesia
In 2015, participating zoos began releasing the snails back into the forests of French Polynesia, marked with an animal-safe UV paint for tracking purposes, according to the Royal Zoological ...