In its temporary home at a laboratory aquarium in China, a river creature began to “dance.” The small animal twisted its shell in circles, sometimes changing direction. Scientists watched the animal.

In the southern hills of the Mexico state of Coahuila, water bubbles from below the surface to create crystal clear pools between the rocks. The freshwater springs are known as Los Chorros, the jets, ...

If you look at a snail's shell, the chances are it will coil to the right. But, occasionally, you might find an unlucky one that twists in the opposite direction - as fans of Jeremy the lefty snail ...

Did you have an aquarium when you were growing up – or do you have one now? Did you have snails in it? In nature, our rivers, creeks and lakes are filled with freshwater snails … or were until ...

Researchers have named two newly discovered freshwater snail species from Brazil after characters from The Lord of the Rings. In their research paper, the authors explain the name Idiopyrgus eowynae, ...

Researchers in Japan have altered the destiny of a rout of snails by changing the chirality of their shells before birth. By delicately manipulating a batch of developing embryos, the scientists ...

Scientists found a small animal in a river of Guangxi that uses its shell to “dance” and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Xu Cheng Wei and Yue Ming He via Chen, He, Wang and Pan ...