Researchers from John Hopkins University have recently spent their time studying a very strange type of sea snail that appears to ‘fly’ under water, rather than swim. Using a very unique type of ...

Snails usually lumber along on their single fleshy foot; but not sea butterflies (Limacina helicina). These tiny marine molluscs gently flit around their Arctic water homes propelled by fleshy wings ...

Meet the sea butterfly. Unlike most species of zooplankton that occupy the all-important base of the marine food web, this sea snail earned its nickname by behaving more like an insect, fluttering its ...

Sea butterflies are microscopic snails that swim in Arctic waters using wing-like structures from their shell opening. David Murphy from the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, explains how he and ...

A giant snail leaves a trail of mucus all over the face of a teenage insect collector in this stomach-churning video. Adrian Kozakiewicz, an exotic insect collector and seller based in Germany, filmed ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Harnessing power from the natural world has long been a dream for humans, and between solar, geothermal, and other sources, we’re getting closer. Soon, there may be more power available–from the world ...

With seven billion people to feed, agriculture is feeling the strain. So are creepie crawlies the solution? The Ecologist takes a closer look It might not be the shrewdest observation made by a ...

A breeding population of Chinese "mystery snails" has surfaced in a Georgia lake, prompting fears that they could spread parasites and damage property, per an advisory by the Georgia Department Of ...