Cuban snail (Polymita picta) world most beautiful land snails from Cuba , its known as "Painted Snails", rare, endangered and protected. Colorful snails, selective focus, copy space© Mark ...

Increased trafficking of colorful snail shells is now posing a serious threat to these species. The ‘painted snails’ are native to Cuba and are known to be the world’s most beautiful snails. These ...

There’s nothing wrong with switching genders, but you want that process to be voluntary. And for female marine snails who found themselves with penises and vas deferens so big they blocked eggs from ...

Kendall Powell is a freelance writer in Boulder, Colorado. In my laboratory at the University of Oriente, in Santiago de Cuba, we study the six species of Polymita, known as painted snails, which are ...

Before they made their big flight to the South Pacific, the snails were adorned with dots of red, UV-reflective paint to help conservationists find them in the dark. Zoological Society of London ...