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Snail shells are often colorful and strikingly patterned. This is due to pigments that are produced in special cells of the snail and stored in the shell in varying concentrations. Fossil shells, on ...

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Symmetry is a feature of many plants, animals and even some molecules -- like water. But that's not the case with snails and their coiled shells. They are chiral -- asymmetrical in such a way that ...

Why attend a horse race in a flouncy hat when you can go for the World Snail Racing championship, in your pajamas? Open to snails from across the world, the race, for those who can handle the speed, ...

Snails have shells the moment they're born, but it's kind of hard to tell. In fact, it's hard to even see a baby snail. Some are nearly microscopic, such as Angustopila psammion, whose adult-sized ...

Discover insights from the banded snails evolutionary study, revealing shifts in shell color and unexpected patterns linked to climate change. What’s the News: British scientists searching for signs ...