Why Slugs Hate Copper Tape (and How to Use It to Protect Your Hostas)

Few gardening frustrations match the sinking feeling of walking out on a June morning to find your hostas riddled with ragged ...
Scientific American

Meet the endangered scaly-foot snail, the most metal animal in the world

Almost two miles beneath the waves of the Indian Ocean, a hydrothermal vent spews sulfur into the inky black waters. On its lip, a small snail is not only basking in the poison but converting it into ...
Engadget

Don't Touch the Snail is an anti-cozy game that takes permadeath to the next level

There's permadeath, and then there's whatever this upcoming indie game is cooking up. Don't Touch the Snail is an idle clicker, of a sort, with a dark twist. If the titular snail ever catches up to ...
The Independent

Why a Taiwanese town began racing snails after devastating earthquakes

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
europesays

Just 20 minutes from Lisbon, the country’s most creative snail festival has kicked off: there’s chili, rissoles, and even pies featuring this delicacy through the end of July

From May 1 to July 31, the municipality of Loures will become the snail capital, featuring the most original dishes you can imagine. This is just one of the excuses to head to Loures, which has plenty ...
deavita

Fun Fingerfood Wraps: Creative Snail-Shaped Bites That Always Impress

Not sure what to bring to the next party spread? These snail-shaped wrap bites — cream cheese, deli meat and a pickled gherkin head — are assembled in minutes and gone in seconds. Fingerfood doesn’t ...
WHAS11 News

Giant pink snails are 'migrating' through Louisville. Here's why.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — No, you aren't seeing things, there really is a herd of giant pink snails creeping across Louisville. The art installation will move more than 35 miles over the next four weeks, ...
The Courier-Journal

Pink snails are slowly making their way toward Louisville. Here's why

Thirty-five large, pink snails have started their journey from Woodland Farm in Goshen to downtown Louisville ahead of Steve Wilson’s Kentucky Derby Eve party. The Pink Snail Migration, which ...
WLKY

Herds of (fake) massive, pink snails are inching toward Louisville. Here's why.

NASDAQ WAS UP 117 AND THE S&P WAS UP 29 POINTS. A UNIQUE ART INSTALLATION IS MAKING ITS WAY TO LOUISVILLE. HAVE YOU SEEN THESE GIANT PINK SNAILS ARE SLOWLY MAKING THEIR WAY FROM OLDHAM COUNTY TO ...
IFLScience

This Bizarre Marine Snail Engulfs Prey With Its Blob-Like Body And Uses Acid To Drill Through Their Shells

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...
vietreader.com

Try a bowl of Hanoi snail vermicelli soup

Vietnamese people have many tasty snail recipes. Snail meat is sweet and cool. It’s a source of protein, calcium and iron and therefore, snail dishes are really healthy. Russia man’s first time trying ...
The New York Times

Slowly, Slowly, ‘Darwin’s Finches of the Snail World’ Return From Near Extinction

Partula snails all but vanished from Polynesia after the arrival of a carnivorous foreign snail. But a global alliance of zoos has worked to bring them back. By Franz Lidz In Patricia Highsmith’s ...