If you look at a snail's shell, the chances are it will coil to the right. But, occasionally, you might find an unlucky one that twists in the opposite direction - as fans of Jeremy the lefty snail ...

Shells of the freshwater gastropod Viviparus lentus from the Hampshire Basin, United Kingdom, hold clues to past climate. A major global cooling event 34 million years ago chilled land as well as sea, ...

In its temporary home at a laboratory aquarium in China, a river creature began to “dance.” The small animal twisted its shell in circles, sometimes changing direction. Scientists watched the animal.

*Life Story of the Snail* (1963) is an **11-minute color educational film** produced by **Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corporation (EBEC)**. This documentary presents a **photographic study** ...

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 ...