Inspired by a small and slow snail, scientists have developed a robot protype that may one day scoop up microplastics from the surfaces of oceans, seas and lakes. The robot’s design is based on the ...

AT the beginning of July last year, I placed a couple of the Helix aspersa into a closed pot of earth immediately after copulation. They soon sealed themselves up, and so remained till the middle of ...

From South Carolina to Texas, salt marshes have experienced a massive die-off in recent years, threatening fisheries and leaving coastal areas vulnerable to flooding. The culprit, ecologists have long ...

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