Leeches might seem like relics of a bygone age of medicine, but they haven’t outlived their usefulness to people yet. The freshwater leech Helobdella austinensis can eat its weight in snails every day ...

Neritina canalis with its eggs. Each egg contains a few hundred larvae that will be washed down into the ocean. Photo from Eric Krandall Many animals do not spend their lives entirely in saltwater or ...

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 new study sheds light on 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 freshwater snails ...

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 shows that schistosome transmission can actually be highest when freshwater snail populations are low. This study demonstrates how the size of a freshwater snail population relates to its ...

A hypothesis on the process of adaptation to the tidal environment in a freshwater snail. The circatidal rhythm is not expressed in nontidal individuals under natural conditions. In the early stage of ...

Playing in water is a kid’s haven, no matter where they are in the world. But in some countries, children may get infections around bodies of freshwater, including an infection called schistosomiasis.