Despite their unassuming character, snails are great at lots of things. Different species of the shelled gastropod can impress with their ability to sprint, poison, or leave way too many embryos on ...

A rare snail in New Zealand has laid an egg through its neck, and the stunning moment was captured on video. New Zealand's Department of Conservation said in a news release on May 7 that one of the ...

Welcome to Snail Racing... Fenglin style. Excited kids and adults jump and stomp around a round table as they cheer at about ...

In a video posted to X on Nov. 2 with over 11 million views, this snail stretched his neck four times his body length, bridging the gap between two bowls. Once his head reached the other side, he let ...

Even though snails are slow and slimy-bottomed, they've inspired a new type of robot that could be quite useful. Groups of these bots can operate independently or join together in order to perform ...

Snails are great at climbing vertical surfaces, even though they have just a single wet suction-cup foot. A new robot climbs walls by mimicking that simple yet effective mechanism, although thankfully ...