#GoodNews "We only began with less than 200 snails and have now released over 100,000." https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/07/bermuda-snail-thought-to-be-extinct-now-thrives-after-a-decades-effort

Imagine: In our crazy world of dangerous politics exist people who work hard for 10 years to save a nearly unknown species of #snails of an Island. Because they care!

#rareSpecies #conservation #biodiversity #species #care #activism #naturelovers #timelineCleanse

#NewSpecies!
New sea snail from the #philippines just crawled in:

Turridrupa albocastanea

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3F438E3D-B75D-0822-A681-FD312003FE01
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5708.1.1
#Zootaxa #TurridrupaAlbocastanea

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #malacology #gastropods #snails #seasnails

Lightning Whelk (Sinistrofulgur sinistrum)

#Whelk #SeaLife #ArtWithOpenSource #CCBYSA #Darktable #MarineLife #Gastropoda #Gastropods #Whelks #Snail #Snails #Shell #Shells #Mollusca #Molluscs #Animals #AnimalPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography

Will this caffeinated snail win the race?

Left a coffee mug with some coffee left in it on the patio. A few hours later we found this.

#snails #coffee #animals

#Littoraria #SeaLife #ArtWithOpenSource #CCBYSA #Darktable #MarineLife #Gastropoda #Gastropods #Snails #Mollusca #Molluscs #Animals #AnimalPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography

A comprehensive scientific review quantifying the catastrophic loss of #biodiversity among #Pacific Island land #snails – revealing that extinction rates on high #volcanic islands range from 30% to 80% of total species.
#Conservation #Malacology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/cons01292601.html

Small grant application funded 🐌🥳. Project involves field work on Sao Tome and Principe, in search of the Giant Obo snail, with genomics to follow. 🥳 . Only possible because working with Dr. Martina Panisi and many others https://www.mossy.earth/projects/helping-forest-giants #snails #saotome #principe #genomics

#NewSpecies!
New predatory sea snail from #papuanewguinea just crawled in:

Chicoreus phyrtos

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C187B8-FFF4-FFF7-FF07-2C571E5106ED
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.2.5
#Zootaxa #ChicoreusPhyrtos

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #malacology #gastropods #snails #seasnails #predator

A photo I took. #snail #snails #malacology #hamburg #germany #nature

There's a 20% discount on the snails and slug prints right now, see post above! :)

https://ko-fi.com/kawunngg/link/LOVELYSNAILS

#FediGiftShop #ArtForSale #ArtMarketplace #snails #slugs

#NewSpecies!
New snail from #croatia just crawled in:

Radomaniola cetinensis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AB08878A-2A34-FFBB-FF41-25D744B898B4
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5716.2.2
#Zootaxa #RadomaniolaCetinensis

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #malacology #gastropods #snails

#Life on our planet was simply a "school project" by an alien elementary #school class, with the goal: "Now, just go ahead and build something with your #construction kit..."

The result:

#Insects 🪲
#Arachnids
#Reptiles 🦖
#Sea urchins
#Fish 🐟
#Clams
#Snails 🐌

The winners, by the way, were the impressive #dinosaurs - who would have guessed?

Everyone laughed at the #mammals: Haha, live-bearing, what's the point? That'll never catch on - Haha!

#humor #fun #dinosaur #earth

#NewSpecies!
New snail from #china just crawled in:

Trochus parvus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F4DC9C-AE6E-5DA5-AB52-C58DAE6E6757
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1264.167854
#ZooKeys #TrochusParvus

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #malacology #gastropods #snails

#FotoVorschlag 'Lache.Liebe.Lebe'
🧐
"Es ist nichts passiert. 😊
Wir haben hier nur zusammen übernachtet. 😁
Es ist nicht das, wonach es aussieht." 😇

#fotografie #photography #snails #animals

I need to insure a snail shell - the corpse of "Jeremy" - for international travel (because it is going to feature in a Netherlands exhibition). How do I value a 1 in million snail?! #snails

#NewSpecies!
New microsnail from #thailand just crawled in:

Hypselostoma pongrati

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/095F7E0C-6B70-5DEC-8E9E-F734D112E162
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1265.160661
#ZooKeys #HypselostomaPongrati

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #malacology #gastropods #snails #microsnail

@FotoVorschlag #FotoVorschlag
"Gedreht"

#photography #animalfotography #snails

thumb for scale 👍🏽🤏🏽

#nature #naturephotography #bugs #animals #wildlife #snails #bugsofmastodon

tiny snail friend 🥹🐌

#nature #naturephotography #bugs #animals #wildlife #snails #bugsofmastodon