The slow-moving, spiral-shelled snail can be found leaving a slippery trail through garden leaves, across streams and in shallow puddles alike. These fascinating creatures belong to the mollusk animal ...

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Both snails and slugs are members of the mollusk phylum and are similar in structure and biology, except that slugs lack the snail's external spiral shell. These mollusks move by gliding along on a ...

There are two main groups of scale insects — soft and armored. Soft scales have a more rounded and convex… Both snails and slugs are members of the mollusk phylum and are similar in structure and ...

These mollusks serve critical roles in many aquatic ecosystems ... Image by rsschriener via Depositphotos. Belonging to the same phylum as jellyfish and hydra, cnidarians exhibit the absence of a ...

Along Colombia’s Pacific coast, women belonging to the Afro-Colombian community who harvest piangüa mollusks have united in efforts to conserve these small, black-shelled clams. For generations ...

The two-toed sloth snacked on some treats while the ambassador described its characteristics which elicited lots of questions from the first- and second-graders. (Photo by Amber Phipps) MARIETTA ...

A study reveals that termites are not simply spreading through natural processes, suggesting humans may be helping them 'conquer the world' by unknowingly transporting them aboard private boats ...