Smithsonian Magazine

The History of the World in Seven Snails

For National Snail Day, museum research fellow Melissa Betters explores the mollusks’ notable nature Melissa Betters A shell from the Cuvier tropid snail, a terrestrial species native to Madagascar, ...
Discover Wildlife

It's nearly a gigantic one metre long and weighs the same as a three-year-old child – now that's one big snail...!

Ever wondered what the largest snail in the world is? We take a look at the incredible record-breaking answer.
Smithsonian Magazine

Scientists Once Thought This Snail Was Extinct. But a Surprising Discovery and Decade-Long Conservation Effort Revived the Species

In the early 1990s, scientists worried that the greater Bermuda land snail—found only on the North Atlantic Ocean archipelago ...
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Florida Museum fossils go to space

On August 29, 2024, a fossilized snail, horse and early ancestor of modern primates made a short trip to space aboard the Blue Origin New Shepard rocket. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The recent launch of ...