From the coiling patterns of ferns to the Fibonacci sequence of pine cones, the mathematical order of nature is a soothing ...

Snails, with their distinctive spiral shells and unhurried movements, have long held the title for some of the slowest ...

The slow-moving, spiral-shelled snail can be found leaving a slippery trail through garden leaves, across streams and in shallow puddles alike. These fascinating creatures belong to the mollusk ...

Recognized as the official state shell of Texas, the lightning whelk is a fascinating marine predator, Jace Tunnell writes.

Creatures like snails, clams, oysters and mussels use an ... and this makes their shells spiral clockwise. (Very rare mutations can produce “left-handed” mollusks, whose shells spiral ...

They say beauty is everywhere if we have eyes to see. A team of scientists looked at a tiny, 3-mm snail and saw art. An international group of malacologists (researchers studying mollusks ...

Tami Gingrich explores the characteristics of common slug and snails in Ohio, highlighting their benefits for wildlife and ...