Adorned with colorful glass “jewels,” this miniature brass snail’s shell was striking enough to fetch $51 at auction. In real life, snails are unwelcome pests. But this one brings the shine of brass ...

Symmetry is a feature of many plants, animals and even some molecules — like water. But that’s not the case with snails and their coiled shells. They are chiral — asymmetrical in such a way that they ...

Twisted sex allows mirror-image snails to mate face-to-face, research finds Date: November 21, 2017 Source: University of Nottingham Summary: A new study has found that differently-coiled types of ...