A Magnificent Ramshorn snail at biologist Andy Wood’s snail refuge in Hampstead. Wood took the Magnificent Ramshorn into captivity in the early 1990s. He has maintained a population of the snails, ...

The endangered magnificent ramshorn snail is living in the wild in North Carolina again for the first time in 20 years following the reintroduction of 2,860 of the slow-moving gastropods into a pond.

Endangered Magnificent Ramshorn snails, after being in captivity for two decades were reintroduced to the wild on November 16, reports ABC 13. Measuring approximately 1.5 inches in length when fully ...

North Carolina wildlife officials on Thursday released 2,000 endangered snails back into the wild. The Magnificent Ramshorn snails were released into a pond in Brunswick County. According to the North ...

A decade-long study into the habits of an endangered species of snails is holding up vital road improvements at a notorious accident blackspot. The research – initially planned to take just three ...

Scientists want the magnificent ramshorn snail, unique to southeastern North Carolina, to be declared an endangered species and two ponds named its critical habitat. The protections could help the ...

Federal wildlife officials are seeking endangered species status for a freshwater mollusk — the “magnificent ramshorn snail” — that’s indigenous to Southeastern North Carolina but hasn’t been seen in ...

The Magnificent Ramshorn snails were released into a pond in Brunswick County. According to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, this species of snail is a unique part of the state's ...

A group of endangered snails have been relocated which could allow progress to continue on a major road scheme. The presence of little whirlpool Ramshorn snails living in ditches surrounding the A47 ...