A rare Hawaiian tree snail returns to the forest after decades of extinction in the wild, marking a key conservation milestone.

Partula snails all but vanished from Polynesia after the arrival of a carnivorous foreign snail. But a global alliance of ...

The sole specimen of Achatinella apexfulva, a grayish-white tree snail once abundant on the island of Oahu is a sad symbol of just how ill-equipped we humans really are in the face of the loss of a ...

David Sischo is working to save some of the rarest endangered species on the planet, kāhuli — Hawaii’s native tree snails. The snails play a crucial role in the ecosystem, having evolved over millions ...

Scientists have launched a rescue mission for colorful tree snails whose shells have made them targets for collectors and jewelry makers, reported the BBC. Six types of tree snails found only in the ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - At the state’s Rare Snail Captive Rearing Laboratory on Oahu’s Windward side, rows of clear cases hold about 2,000 of Hawaii’s rare tree snails — some, the last of their ...

Despite the mass extermination of Tahiti’s unique species of tree snails in recent decades, much of their original genetic diversity can still be found in remnant populations that survive on the ...

When Hurricane Douglas came barreling toward Oahu in 2020, David Sischo quickly packed up and drove to higher ground. But he wasn't evacuating his family. He was evacuating snails. Sischo works with ...

The smallest computers are not the usual tools that we use in the form of desktops and laptops. What we are seeing this time is a pencil eraser-sized computer which a group of scientists used to know ...

Hawaii's native tree snails, known as the "jewels of the forest," are rapidly disappearing. Some of the most imperiled only live in human care... Meet Hawaii's 'jewels of the forest' — some of the ...