If you think of a snail, and then think of a human, there are some obvious differences. But decades of studies say our memories might have more in common than some might guess. Memory, and its ...

Professor Mark Blaxter, leader of the genome sequencing effort in Edinburgh, UK, said: "We were able to use cutting-edge DNA sequencing and computer analyses to not only sequence the genome of the ...

MOBILE, Ala. -- The telltale masses of pink eggs appearing around the water's edge mean Amazonian apple snails have emerged from their winter hibernation in the muck at the bottom of Langan Pond and ...

North Carolina wildlife officials on Thursday released 2,000 endangered snails back into the wild. The Magnificent Ramshorn snails were released into a pond in Brunswick County. According to the North ...

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Freshwater gastropods comprise a diverse and highly imperiled taxonomic group that is threatened by anthropogenic factors including the introduction of nonnative species. We surveyed 10 wetland ponds ...

Snails on speed don't get speedier—but their supercharged brains do learn better and make memories that last much longer, a new study says. Scientists gave pond snails the amphetamine crystal meth to ...