Research teams from the Academia Sinica and National Taiwan University have documented the first discovery of five freshwater ...

Did you have an aquarium when you were growing up – or do you have one now? Did you have snails in it? In nature, our rivers, creeks and lakes are filled with freshwater snails … or were until ...

A tiny freshwater snail from New Zealand is giving scientists a glimpse into evolution in motion. University of Iowa ...

A treasure trove of rare freshwater fossils has been described from Taiwan in a new study. Dating back to the Early ...

Potamopyrgus antipodarum, commonly known as the New Zealand mud snail, has emerged as a paradigm for invasive species research. Its global proliferation is underpinned by a suite of opportunistic ...

A new study from The American Naturalist studies some very fast snails and their success at long-distance colonization. Introduced into the rivers of the Martinique islands less than twelve years ago, ...

The Heʻeia Fishpond relies on fresh water to create the right conditions to raise fish for the community, but the stream that ...

Tragic accidents resulting in fatalities have continued to occur as people collect freshwater snails in rivers during the summer season. According to the National Fire Agency on July 13, there were a ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The distribution and diversity of Danish freshwater snails is discussed in the light of MacArthur and Wilson's theory of island biogeography.