In Southern California, a quiet but widespread public health risk has taken root in the region’s freshwater fishing spots.

A new study reveals that eating raw freshwater fish could expose you to dangerous parasitic worms that are spreading across ...

Female genital schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease, devastates women amid poor sanitation and medical misdiagnoses.

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 ...

A tiny snail was recently named after painter Pablo Picasso. It’s one of many species named after celebrities or artists, but some researchers question whether species should be named after ...

Rangers witnessed a captive Powelliphanta augusta snail lay an egg from its neck, and they managed to catch it on video for the first time ever. New Zealand Department of Conservation A small ...

After copious summer rain in Idukki, the cardamom-growing regions of the high ranges have raised the prospects of a robust crop in the upcoming season — even as snail infestation threat is ...

What it eats: As an adult, it doesn't! All of the snail's nutrition is generated internally, by endosymbiotic bacteria — microbes that live in the snail's gut. The scaly-foot snail, or volcano ...

The strange reproductive habits of a large, carnivorous New Zealand snail were once shrouded in mystery. Now footage of the snail laying an egg from its neck has been captured for the first time, ...

After years of patient care and quiet observation, conservation rangers in New Zealand have finally witnessed something extraordinary: a rare snail laying an egg from its neck. The moment ...

After a dozen years dedicated to studying a rare species of carnivorous snail, Lisa Flanagan was thrilled to finally film the moment that, until recently, had been shrouded in mystery. Flanagan ...