More than 1,300 tiny, critically endangered snails have been set free to roam on an island off the coast of Morocco after a breeding programme rescued two obscure species from the brink of extinction. The Desertas Island land snails had not been recorded for more than 100 years and were believed to have disappeared from their natural habitat on the windswept, mountainous island of Deserta Grande, close to Portugal-owned Madeira. Experts at the...

Snails have a reputation for being slow, with poor eyes that can barely see the world around them.

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Snails bred in human care for the first time at Chester Zoo have been sent to repopulate an island in Madeira, Portugal. More than 1,300 critically endangered snails have been released into the wild after being rescued from the edge of extinction, with a little help from a team of conservationists from the UK and Madeira. The Desertas Island land snails were thought to have disappeared altogether, with no living examples recorded for more than 100 years.

Neat vegetable perches of your own vegetables are the pride of every single gardener. Of course it calls for a lot of effort as the plants are constantly exposed to numerous varieties of pests. When you see some small holes bitten out of new leaves, and the leftovers of your seedlings are covered with slime, this means your garden has been invaded by snails.