Button-sized snail species saved from extinction

A tiny species of snail, which is about the same size as a button, has been saved from disappearing forever. The greater ...
CNN

3,000 snails travel 3,000 miles in an effort to save a species

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet initiative has ...
The New York Times

To Search for a Near-Extinct Snail, Tread Lightly

Monitoring the last wild Chittenango ovate amber snails, scientists tiptoe through a waterfall spray zone the size of a living room. A Chittenango ovate amber snail inspected a new leaf placed inside ...
USA Today

A particularly sluggish invasion: Invasive giant snails force Florida counties into quarantine

Florida has alligators, sharks and now African land snails. And they're huge! These slimy mollusks – which grow to more than five times the size of a garden snail – pose a health risk to Floridians ...