The Giant African Land Snail can be invasive, wily, potentially infectious, can grow as big as a tennis shoe. (Photo: KERRY SHERIDAN/AFP via Getty Images) Florida, you’ve got snail. A Giant African ...

Fossil shell of Pithocerithium rubiginosum (height is 1.5 cm) from the Miocene sediments of Nexing in Austria (left) and isolated reddish polyene pigments on calcium fluoride disc (diameter of disc is ...

Scientists found an animal with a “large,” “densely coiled” shell in an “underground cavern” of Serbia and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Gojšina, Vesović, Ćurčić, Karan-Žnidaršič, ...

Large land snails are rich in nutrients and can weigh up to about two pounds. Kerry Sheridan / AFP via Getty Images Scientists have discovered the earliest evidence of humans eating snails, according ...

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 ...