More than 1,300 pea-sized, critically endangered snails that were bred in a zoo have been set free to wander (very slowly) on ...

Gerardo Garcia from Chester Zoo said that the reintroduction was “a major step in a species recovery plan.” “If it goes as ...

"If it goes as well as we hope, more snails will follow them next spring. It's a huge team effort which shows that it is possible to turn things around for highly threatened species." Gerardo ...

Chester Zoo has reintroduced 1,329 critically endangered Desertas Island land snails to Bugio Island in the Atlantic as part of a major conservation effort.

If it goes as well as we hope, more snails will follow them next spring. It’s a huge team effort which shows that it is ...

“As the world warms, it’s becoming increasingly important to take care of natural waters like this spring and protecting these snails can help us do that.” Like other freshwater snails facing ...

Both snails are threatened by habitat destruction from livestock grazing, recreation, invasive species and a warming climate that alters the snails’ sensitive spring habitat. “Because these snails ...