Snails can make great pets. They don't need to be walked, they don't shed or smell, they make no noise, they don't require a lot of space, and it's rather relaxing to watch them glide serenely ...

Now that the bed has dried out enough to go in and do the dirty work — pull new weeds and the dead remnants of daylily growth ...

There are kits available online and at pet shops with all you would need to create a snail terrarium. It must be snail hatching season. I notice them now, and realize I have hundreds of tiny ones ...

Hiking is tricky when you’re carrying a federally threatened species. Ally Whitbread carefully hopped over logs and dodged prickers while toting a cooler full of tiny, rare snails. "I feel like ...

A Chittenango ovate amber snail inspected a new leaf placed inside its terrarium in a lab. The critically endangered snail’s habitat is limited to an area about the size of a living room.

1. When Elisabeth Tova Bailey falls sick with an illness that keeps her bedridden, she brings in a snail from her garden and decides to keep it in a terrarium on her nightstand, finding unexpected ...

Researchers in upstate New York are working to rehome some tiny, rare snails. Understanding their decline could help mitigate broader climate changes. The years-long journey to save a tiny snail ...