"The names Punk and Emo were actually our initial pet names for these ancient mollusks, inspired by some of their unique features and individuality," said Mark Sutton, study lead and ...

‘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 ...

as well as life-history characteristics that make them especially vulnerable to dying out, such as low reproductive rates. Seven of the 32 species are known from only one or two sites, and nearly half ...