Don’t let the title of this column fool you. Despite the title of apple snails, I am not sharing the latest escargot recipe offered up at a fancy restaurant here in The Last Green Valley (TGLV). Today ...

An invasive snail species that poses known threats to aquatic life and can cause deadly disease in humans was found recently along the Lumber River in North Carolina, officials said. Apple snails, a ...

Stuck to just about every culvert or pipe, block after block, along the West Esplanade canal, and rock after rock in outfall canals in Metairie, the apple snails that live under water have laid ...

The eye of the apple snail is unusually similar to a human eye-but, unlike human eyes, it can regrow itself if injured or even amputated. New research from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research ...

A Snail Kite, one of Florida’s iconic breeding bird species, perches on a branch at J. W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area near West Palm Beach, Florida in this July 12, 2008 handout photo.

PART OF THE FORECAST COMING UP. THANK YOU, BRIAN. THIS MORNING, WE ARE WORKING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT LED UP TO A CRASH IN WINSTON-SALEM. POLICE SAY ONE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN THIS CRASH AT ABBOTT ...

The golden apple snail has camera-type eyes that are fundamentally similar to the human eye. Unlike humans, the snail can regenerate a missing or damaged eye. UC Davis biologist Alice Accorsi is ...

Apple snails have a remarkable ability to regenerate their eyes. The researchers see this discovery as a promising breakthrough that could pave the way for curing human eye diseases and restoring ...

New research led by CABI and including the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) reveals that the invasive Apple Snail – which threatens rice crops – could spread further in Africa. A team ...

Biologists have sequenced and analyzed the genomes of four apple snail species in the family Ampullariidae. The researchers discovered that the apple snails have evolved to become highly sensitive to ...

Learn more about the golden apple snail and how it’s able to regrow their eyes after it’s been amputated, leading researchers to wonder if this could help treat human eye injuries. The golden apple ...

NITROGEN catabolism in animals has been assessed partly by analysis of the excretory products and partly by the identification of the enzymes in the liver or hepatopancreas. Since Strohl reviewed the ...