In a new study published Aug. 6 in Nature Communications, Accorsi shows that apple snail and human eyes share many anatomical and genetic features. “Apple snails are an extraordinary organism,” said ...

A toxic species of invasive snails has been discovered in North Carolina for the first time, and they’re big, according to a warning issued by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. Apple snail ...

Snails and slugs are common pests in gardens. They belong to the mollusk family along with oysters, and they crawl along over ...

Scientists are studying a type of snail that can grow its eyes back in the hope of helping humans with eye injuries. The complex structure of humans eyes has been found to be similar to those of the ...

Plantation is just one of many cities in Broward County experiencing the invasion, WPLG Local 10 reported. The island apple snail, native to South America, has been in the state since 1989, leaving ...

The Campbell’s keeled glass-snail is officially extinct, but researchers have ‘high hopes’ that translocation will allow the population to thrive ...

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 ...

Native to South America, apple snails pose human health risks. Adults carry rat lungworm, which can infect humans if eaten raw or under cooked, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission says. N.C.

Human eyes are complex and irreparable, yet they are structurally like those of the freshwater apple snail, which can completely regenerate its eyes. Alice Accorsi, assistant professor of molecular ...