Island snail populations race toward extinction

Researchers found that as many as 80% of island snail species have gone extinct.

The devastation of island land snails: Pacific leads global wave of extinctions, researchers find

A comprehensive new review paper reveals the staggering loss of biodiversity among island land snails globally. Lead author ...
Earth.com

Land snails are vanishing from islands at an alarming pace

Land snail extinctions are accelerating across islands, exposing a devastating collapse of some of the world’s most fragile ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Island snails are vanishing as Pacific becomes ground zero for extinctions

Across the tropical Pacific, some of the planet’s most distinctive land snails are slipping out of existence, turning once ...
WLRN

To save a giant snail, New Zealand targets the non-native critters that eat it

In the forests of New Zealand's North Island, park rangers have been working for more than a decade to save a threatened population of giant snails. Now, these are not your average garden snails. They ...
El Adelantado de Segovia

Confirmed by environmental authorities—Oʻahu tree snails return to the forest after 30 years extinct in the wild

Back on December 10, 2024, the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources let a group of endangered O‘ahu tree snails loose inside a fenced-off sanctuary ...