Besides their role in natural ecosystems (for better and for worse), aquatic snails are also a common addition to aquariums.

Apple snails are pretty popular in aquariums, especially species like Pomacea bridgesii and Pomacea diffusa. People like them because, unlike most snails, they don’t munch on the plants in the tank.

What is the Partula snail? Also known as the Polynesian tree snail or niho tree snail, the Partula snail (Partula nodosa) is actually one of several snail species of the genus—all of which are ...

A species of tiny snail has been brought back from the brink of extinction. The Desertas Island land snails were believed to have disappeared altogether for 100 years, but experts have managed to ...

Thousands of rare partula snails bred at Edinburgh Zoo are to be released in French Polynesia to restore the wild population of the species. The last surviving few of the species were rescued in ...

More than 1,300 pea-sized, critically endangered snails that were bred in a zoo have been set free to wander (very slowly) on a remote Atlantic island. The release brings two species of Desertas ...