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 ...

Road salt becomes much more deadly to freshwater snails when predator stress is present, raising mortality rates.

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, ...

A new minute freshwater snail species belonging to the genus Daphniola was found by a researcher from University of Athens (Canella Radea) in a spring covered by snow on Mt. Parnassos, central Greece.

Small-scale farming of freshwater crustaceans could be a win-win for communities in developing countries where schistosomiasis is prevalent. Scientists have provided a roadmap through which the ...