I dream of having hydrated, dewy, and near-reflective skin, and I'm happy to report that a recent purchase has brought me ...

Snails on a tiny rocky islet evolved before scientists’ eyes. The marine snails were reintroduced after a toxic algal bloom wiped them out from the skerry. While the researchers intentionally brought ...

‘I love snails and slugs! I just think they’re fascinating,’ says Jon Ablett, our Curator of Molluscs. ‘They’re an unnoticed part of our biodiversity, so it’s my mission to make people look around and ...

First things first: “Memoir of a Snail” is not, in fact, the memoir of a snail. It is the memoir of an Australian woman named Grace Pudel (pronounced “Puddle”), who loves snails very much.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Australian writer-director Adam Elliot’s celebrated “claymation biographies” are definitely not for children. They’re ...

The World Snail Championships have been taking place in the tiny Norfolk village of Congham for more than 60 years Participants in the World Snail Racing Championships will be slugging it out this ...

Adam Elliot’s Memoir of a Snail is such a film. Told through stop motion animation using clay (otherwise known as claymation), the film is a tactile experience in which everything you see has ...

Scientists for the first time have uncovered an underworld of animal life thriving beneath the seafloor. Researchers have long studied animal communities near such hydrothermal vents. Many thought ...

A snail is an equally comforting and discomfiting creature. Its ornamental shell is both a home and armor. Its glacial pace, often accompanied by a viscous sludge it leaves behind, make it a messy ...

After claiming the Cristal at Annecy earlier in the year, Australian animation “Memoir of a Snail” has now won the top honor at the BFI London Film Festival. Adam Elliot’s acclaimed stop ...

This is the dismal, strange, and wondrous path trodden by director, writer, and production designer Adam Elliot in his brilliant film Memoir of a Snail. Having long dwelled in narratives that ...