Snails can be objects of fascination for kids playing outside. Lucky for the snails, they have their hard shells to protect them from children and predators alike. But are they born with that natural ...

Symmetry is a feature of many plants, animals and even some molecules -- like water. But that's not the case with snails and their coiled shells. They are chiral -- asymmetrical in such a way that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To protect snails, avoid picking them up by their shells. Photo: Getty Images They slowly crawl through flower beds, across ...

Evolution doesn’t have to operate at a snail’s pace, even for snails. In experiments designed to simulate the evolutionary transition that produced slugs, researchers exposed baby snails to the metal ...

Most snails are righties. Now scientists have found genes that make some of them born with shells coiling the other way. By JoAnna Klein The overwhelming majority of snails live in shells that coil to ...

Bold snails are built to be tough. A close look at bold snails’ shells reveals that they are rounder, thicker and more bite-resistant than shy snails’ shells. This finding, published online April 22 ...