Not everyone is a fan of snails, but there’s no denying the benefits they bring to a freshwater aquarium. Aquatic snails are fascinating creatures that bring color to a tank and help keep it clean.

Researchers in the University of Iowa's biology department have identified a chemical used in plastics that seems to have negative affects on the reproductive success of a freshwater snail.

North America's premier collection of freshwater snails, crayfish, and turtles; and nearly 700 of the approximately 1,000 species and subspecies of U.S. freshwater fish. Like most freshwater fish ...

transmitted by freshwater snails. It is a Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) of both humans and animals, with considerable health and economic impacts. Endemicity is associated with low/middle-income ...

“As the world warms, it’s becoming increasingly important to take care of natural waters like this spring and protecting these snails can help us do that.” Like other freshwater snails facing ...

The two species of freshwater snail were once widespread throughout the Columbia Basin in Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. But the snails have disappeared from Montana and are now living in ...

"During our regular waterway cleanups by kayak, we come across plastic bottles and aluminium cans containing apple snail ...

These freshwater giants have greenish-grey coloring ... help the fish to locate bottom-dwelling prey, such as snails, mussels, clams, crayfish, insect larvae, and fish eggs. Also known as the ...

In the UK alone, there are 100 species of land snail, and that doesn’t even include the freshwater snails that live in our rivers and lakes. On top of this, the UK is also home to 46 species of ...