Four and twenty tailors went to kill a snail . . . Run, tailors, run, or she’ll kill you all e’n now. —Old Nursery Rhyme The sluggish snail has turned out to be far more deadly than the anonymous poet ...

Just when you think you have the basics down, just when you show signs of getting comfortable with your zoology, a profound discovery is uncovered that will rewrite molluscan, larval ecology and ...

Mosquito larvae, snails, and leeches were special guests at the Missouri Department of Conservation's (MDC) Nature Center at Night event Thursday. This time, the event centered on pond exploration at ...

Snails, crabs, insect larvae - the shores of rivers and lakes are populated by thousands of small animals that play an important role in the food chain of the freshwater ecosystem. They eat the leaves ...

The warming ocean may cause the larvae of bottom-dwelling snails to hatch earlier in the spring, when waves are larger, potentially impacting their ability to survive and serve as food for other sea ...

University of Queensland researchers have reared deadly cone snails in a laboratory aquarium for the first time, uncovering a potential treasure trove of new venoms for drug development. Professor ...

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The awkward stage of adolescence drives some insects to murderous home invasion. When the time comes to shed their skin, certain beetle larvae in Greece scout out a sleeping snail, break into its ...

The disease is as old as the pharaohs -telltale traces remain in mummies 3,000 years old—but to the dismay of public health doctors, it is more prevalent than ever. Schistosomiasis, bilharziasis, ...