When I moved abroad, I found the slimy mollusks everywhere. Then they taught me how to adapt. By Gabe Bullard On the first morning without rain after I moved to Switzerland, I woke up, still ...

One of my friends “Facebooked” me and asked me if I would be interested in some snails. Her fish tank was overrun with them because they hitchhiked home with her on some aquatic plants for her ...

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Would you eat this? Louisiana officials are warning the state’s cooks to be wary if they try to eat the invasive giant apple snails spreading in swamps. The snails are native to South America.

For over 5 years, Arthur has been professionally covering video games, writing guides and walkthroughs. His passion for video games began at age 10 in 2010 when he first played Gothic, an immersive ...

Golden apple snails and humans have similar eyes with related structures. Understanding how the snails can regrow them could help scientists heal human eyes. Alice Accorsi, UC Davis At first glance, ...

A snail may hold the key to restoring vision for people with some eye diseases. Golden apple snails (Pomacea canaliculata) are freshwater snails from South America. Alice Accorsi became familiar with ...

Apple snails can fully regrow their eyes, and their genes and eye structures are strikingly similar to humans. Scientists mapped the regeneration process and used CRISPR to identify genes, including ...

This snail could one day save eyes. The golden apple snail has camera-type eyes that are fundamentally similar to the human eye. Unlike humans, the snail can regenerate a missing or damaged eye. UC ...

If you want to forget your troubles and tune out the state of the world, look no further than an online snail-appreciation group like Pet Snails and Slugs, which has ten thousand members from all over ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Apple snails are popping back up around the state as the weather starts to get warmer, and entomologists say they pose a bigger threat this year. “We did see last year a bit ...

Elise Kozal spent the better part of her college years with a burning bladder and urethra—a sensation that would send her to the bathroom constantly only to feel, frustratingly, as if she could never ...