These snails may be "a bit common", but hold onto your shells – there's far more to these creatures than meets the eye! They're common because of the amazing survival mechanisms they've ...

The Sanibel Sea School started its first class last year at the Children’s Education Center of the Islands (CECI) on Sanibel. Recently, students learned about shells and got to meet a few periwinkle ...

Snail — Ipuk Iput yaamat acaatni etaartut. – Snails are always under the rocks. Snails, particularly the periwinkle (Littorina sitkana), are common residents of Kodiak’s intertidal waters ...

But to some folks, the piece's spiral shape resembles the poop emoji more than what was intended: a type of sea snail called a periwinkle.

As It Happens6:23Artist says he didn’t see his sculpture’s resemblance to the poop emoji until after its construction At no point in the months-long construction of his sea snail-shaped ...

The Periwinkle Shelter, on the Medmerry reserve at Bracklesham Bay near Chichester, has been created out of metal covered with willow branches woven into the shape of a periwinkle - a sea snail.

Locals fume as council spend £6k on huge snail sculpture - which 'actually looks like poo' People have said the new sculpture looks like the poo emoji and is a waste of taxpayers money.

People have likened a new public art sculpture at a beauty spot to a poo. The periwinkle sculpture at Earnley Viewpoint at Medmerry Nature Reserve, near Chichester, is designed to imitate the tiny ...

A new public-art sculpture of a sea snail has been unveiled in a nature reserve. The Periwinkle Shelter sculpture is located at Earnley Viewpoint at Medmerry Nature Reserve, near Chichester, and ...

Their feeding habits help control periwinkle snails, which can cause significant damage to marsh plants when left unchecked.

Can a species survive if thrown into a completely new habitat? Yes, if the species has dormant genes ready to deal with the new conditions. In a new study by researchers from the University of ...