Researchers have named two newly discovered freshwater snail species from Brazil after characters from "The Lord of the Rings." Described in an article published in the open-access journal ...
Researchers have named two newly discovered freshwater snail species from Brazil after characters from The Lord of the Rings. In their research paper, the authors explain the name Idiopyrgus ...
Schistosomiasis is a chronic and debilitating tropical parasitic disease caused by schistosomes (Schistosoma spp.), transmitted by freshwater snails. It is a Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) of both ...
The two species of freshwater snail were once widespread throughout the Columbia Basin in Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. But the snails have disappeared from Montana and are now living in ...
Ms Lane said 67 species of freshwater snail had "gone extinct with a further 450 species threatened". "Protecting the waters they live in is key to their survival," she added. In March ...